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Lot 24
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Récipient anthropomorphe, chaman Culture Colima Mexique occidental Protoclassique, 100 av. J.-C.-250 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Culture Colima
  • Récipient anthropomorphe, chaman
  • Céramique à engobe rouge brique et oxydations noires – test de thermoluminescence
  • h. 34,5 cm ; 13 1/2 in

Provenance

Collection Josef Mueller, Soleure, acquis avant 1952
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 504-6

Exhibited

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, 30 janvier-24 mars 1992, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 11 avril-15 juin 1992, Barcelone, Fondation la Caixa, 25 novembre 1992-24 janvier 1993, Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992
Lisbonne, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 23 mars-4 juin 1995
Barcelone, Museu Barbier-Mueller d’Art Precolombí, 30 octobre-avril 2004, Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, 25 juin-24 octobre 2004, Trésors de la céramique précolombienne du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 27, p. 222
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 27
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 27, p. 260
Trésors de la céramique précolombienne du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona, 2003, cat. 28, p. 163

Condition

Bon état de conservation, usure de surface visible. Corne chamanique cassée collée, éclats visibles Good state of conservation, surface wear visible. Shamanic horn broken and glued, visible chips
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