Pre-Columbian Stone Valdivia Idol

CIRCA 2500 B.C. OR LATER

8 3/8 in. (77 0 grams, 21.4 cm).

Tongue-shaped in plan with low-relief carved detailing, segmented body and face; repaired. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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.

Literature

See Klein, D., Ecuador, The Secret Art of Precolumbian Ecuador, 5 Continents, Milan, 2002, pp.45-46, for close examples.

Footnotes

These abstract idols represent some of the earliest art forms in Ecuador.

CONDITION

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LOT 2340