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Lot 77
  • 77

Petit récipient zoomorphe, jaguar Culture Chavín Nord du Pérou 900-400 av. J.-C.

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Chavín
  • Petit récipient zoomorphe, jaguar
  • Calcaire beige clair à surface brillante
  • h. 7,5 cm ; 3 in

Provenance

Collection Josef Mueller, Soleure, avant 1952
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 532-48

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, 1992, pl. 88, p. 285
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 88.
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 88, p. 323
Barbier (Jean Paul), Civilisations disparues, 2000, p. 329

Condition

Très bon état de conservation, avec quelques éclats visibles. Cinabre certainement repassé Very good condition overall, with some visible chips. Cinnabar certainly re-applied
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