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Lot 25
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Homme assis Culture Colima Mexique occidental Protoclassique, 100 av. J.-C.-250 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
40,000 - 50,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Culture Colima
  • Homme assis
  • Céramique à engobe brun-rouge et oxydations noires – test de thermoluminescence
  • h. 29 cm ; 11 1/2 in

Provenance

Collection privée américaine, depuis 1960
Sotheby’s, New York, 20 novembre 1989, lot 181
Galerie Lin et Emile Deletaille, Bruxelles, 1989
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 504-13

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, 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. 30, p. 225
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 30
Instituto Gallach, Historia del Arte, vol. XIV: América, África, Oceanía, 1996, p. 2526
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 30, p. 263
Trésors de la céramique précolombienne du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona, 2003, cat. 29, p. 165

Condition

Bon état général de conservation, avec oxydations de surface visibles Le tibia gauche est fracturé (cassé collé) Good overall condition, with visible surface oxidation The left tibia is fractured (broken and glued)
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