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Lot 42
  • 42

Important pendentif, acrobate Culture Maya Mexique Classique, 600-900 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Maya
  • Important pendentif, acrobate
  • Jade vert et cinabre
  • h.11,8 cm ; 4 1/2 in

Provenance

Galerie Merrin, New York, 1989
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 502-25

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
Valencia, Reales Atarazanas, avril-mai 1999, Zaragoza, La Lonja, mai-juin 1999, Madrid, Museo de América, septembre-novembre 1999, Los Mayas. Ciudades milenarias de Guatemala

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 47, p. 243
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 47
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 47, p. 281
Los Mayas. Ciudades milenarias de Guatemala, 1999, cat. 81, p. 127

Condition

Très bon état de conservation avec dépôt calcaire parcourant le pendentif par endroits Very good condition overall, with chalky deposits in places
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