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LOT 2340
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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
See Klein, D., Ecuador, The Secret Art of Precolumbian Ecuador, 5 Continents, Milan, 2002, pp.45-46, for close examples.
FootnotesThese abstract idols represent some of the earliest art forms in Ecuador.
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