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Lot 240
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Amulette-pendentif représentant un Zemi Culture Taïno, Saint-Domingue, Grandes Antilles 1000-1400 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Amulette-pendentif représentant un Zemi
  • Calcite vert pâle à surface brillante
  • h. 7,3 cm ; 2 3/4 in

Provenance

Collection Paul de Givenchy, Paris, entre 1880 et 1920
Galerie Charles Ratton, Paris, 1938-1939
Collection Josef Mueller, Soleure
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 526-2

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
Barcelone, Museu Barbier-Mueller d’Art Precolombí, juin-octobre 2008, Santiago de Compostela, Fundación Caixa Galicia, novembre 2008-février 2009, Madrid, Museo de América, février-juin 2009, El Caribe precolombino: fray Ramón Pané y el universo taíno

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, fig. 13, p. 39
El Caribe precolombino: fray Ramón Pané y el universo taíno, 2008, p. 130-131 et cat.54, p. 261
McEwan (Colin), Oliver (José R.), " Les caraïbes avant Colomb ", in Arts & Cultures, 2009, fig. 3, p. 95

Condition

Très bon état Very good condition
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