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Lot 303
  • 303

Coupe à décor gravé de motifs zoomorphes Style Arari rouge incisé Ile de Marajo, Brésil Phase Marajoara, 400-1350 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Style Arari rouge incisé
  • Coupe à décor gravé de motifs zoomorphes
  • Terre cuite à engobe brun-rouge à surface vernissée
  • h. 9,6 cm ; 3 3/4 in et d. 22,9 cm ; 9 in

Provenance

Jean-Pierre Janikian, Bruxelles
Art & Ethnographie, Genève, 1977
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 534-14, acquis en 1978

Exhibited

Lisbonne, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 23 mars-4 juin 1995
Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Amazonie précolombienne, 23 avril-23 septembre 2002
Denver, Denver Art Museum, Marajó: Ancient Ceramics from the Mouth of the Amazon, 11 juin-17 septembre 2011

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 136, p. 334
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 135
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 138, p. 374
McEwan (Colin), Barreto (Cristina) et Neves (Eduardo), Unknown Amazon: culture in nature in ancient Brazil, 2001, fig. 4.18-19, p. 123
Corrêa (Conceição G.), Barry (Iris), Amazonie précolombienne: dans les collections du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino, Barcelona, 2002, cat. 11, p. 57
Young-Sanchez (Margaret), Pahl Schaan (Denise), Ancient Ceramics from the Mouth of the Amazon, Etats-Unis, 2011, fig. 66, p. 76

Condition

Bon état de conservation. Tâche noire de cuisson visible. Altération du décor due au temps. Fêle et éclats visibles à l'intérieur du récipient Good condition overall. Black firing mark. Decoration faded as a result of age. Crack and chips visible on the interior of the vessel
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