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LOT 2357
Pre-Columbian Chimu Wooden Figure
CIRCA 9TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
15 3/8 in. (1.14 kg total, 39 cm including stand).
Lentoid in section with carved D-shaped face, arms bent and hands pressed together at the chest, short legs with stubby feet; tongue-shaped stele below; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
LiteratureSee Alva, A., Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, 5 Continents, Milan, 2012, p.122, for a similar figure.
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Pre-Columbian Stone Face Mask
Circa 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Carved in three-quarte view with bulging lentoid eyes and gaping mouth, old label to verso: '3708'. 318 grams, 13 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
South American Chancay Terracotta Figure with Pitcher
12th-14th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Hand-modelled Chancay(?) figure of a standing female with left hand on her hip and right hand raised to support the pitcher; pinched facial detailing and tall tongue-shaped headdress with lateral flaps; pointillé detailing for the eyes and breasts, incised lines to the collar and groin, exaggerated feet, top of the head supporting a pitcher; repaired. 129 grams, 17 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Pre-Columbian Stone Valdivia Idol
Circa 2500 B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Tongue-shaped in plan with low-relief carved detailing, segmented body and face; repaired. 77 0 grams, 21.4 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
These abstract idols represent some of the earliest art forms in Ecuador.
