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Lot 74 - Auction 31

Lot 74

Exotica
A Pre-Columbian warrior figure Colombia, Tairona Culture, AD 1000 – 1500
Price realized:
4.000,00 GBP
Bids:
10
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Lot status:
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Description

A Pre-Columbian warrior figure
Colombia, Tairona bian warrior figureCulture, AD 1000 – 1500; alt. cm 5; Warrior figure made in tumbaga (gold and copper alloy) and used as pendant. Depicted naked with legs spread apart, and a long object like a sceptre grasp in the hands; wears movables earrings, bracelets and an half-round flat headgear decorated with beads and interweaving lines in relief. The face shows applied-like eyes and piercings with rings on the cheeks.



PROVENANCE:
English private collection; until 1985 in the Principality of Monaco; formerly in the collection of Gaspard Mollien (French diplomat, 1796-1872).

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