Bertolami Fine Arts

Auction 31  –  24 March 2017

Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 31

Antiquities

Fr, 24.03.2017, from 5:00 PM CET
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Description

A Pre-Columbian feline figure
Colombia, Tairona Culture, AD 1000 – 1500; lungh. cm 6; Figure made in tumbaga (gold and copper alloy) composed by feline head and body molded in shape of a little jug decorated with refined spiral elements; head with applied pellet-like eyes and prominent nose. Body and head are joined by thin leaf with interweaving lines in relief.
Probably used as ritual jug. Tumbaga was the name given by Spaniards to a non-specific alloy of gold and copper which they found in widespread use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and South America.

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

Estimate: GBP: 1.500-2.000

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Price realized 2'800 GBP
Starting price 700 GBP
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