Chain Finial with Zoomorphic Imagery, Old Bering Sea I, 100 - 400 AD
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May 24, 03:58 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
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Chain Finial with Zoomorphic Imagery, Old Bering Sea I, 100 - 400 AD
Length: 4 in (10.2 cm)
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) ivory
Jeffrey R. Myers, New York
Acquired from the above
Acquired from the above
Lin and Emile Deletaille, eds, Trésors du nouveau monde, Brussels, 1992, p. 103, fig. 10
William W. Fitzhugh, Julie Hollowell, and Aron L. Crowell, eds, Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, Princeton, 2009, p. 216, fig. 14, and p. 302, cat. no. 76
William W. Fitzhugh, Julie Hollowell, and Aron L. Crowell, eds, Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, Princeton, 2009, p. 216, fig. 14, and p. 302, cat. no. 76
Musée du Cinquantenaire, musées royaux d’art et d’histoire, Brussels, Trésors du nouveau monde, September 15 –December 27, 1992
Princeton University Art Museum, Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, October 3, 2009 – January 10, 2010
Princeton University Art Museum, Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, October 3, 2009 – January 10, 2010
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