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Lot 280
  • 280

Vase-étrier à décor incisé Culture Chavín Nord du Pérou 900-400 av. J.-C.

Estimate
18,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Culture Chavín
  • Vase-étrier à décor incisé
  • Céramique à engobe noir et surface brillante
  • h. 18,5 cm ; 7 1/4 in

Provenance

Galerie Merrin, New York, 1990
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 532-59

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, Camino del Inca, el pasado de los Andes, 9 juin 2011-septembre 2012

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, pl. 94, p. 291
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 94
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 94, p. 329
Trésors de la céramique précolombienne du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona, 2003, fig. 52, p. 58

Condition

Surface légèrement altérée par l'humidité, ayant enlevé l'engobe noire du récipient. Bon état général Surface slightly affected as a result of exposure to humidity, with the black slip having come off. Good condition overall
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