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Pre Columbian Tairona Style Yellow Metal Condor Pendant Pre Columbian Tairona Style Yellow Metal Condor Pendant Pre Columbian Tairona Style Yellow Metal Condor Pendant
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LOT 2240

Pre Columbian Tairona Style Yellow Metal Condor Pendant

20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

1 1/2 in. (11 grams, 37 mm).

A hollow-cast pendant in the form of a perching condor or vulture with hooked beak, triple ring suspension at top and single ring to reverse; the eyes, collar, claws, ring to tip of beak and base ornament represented by applied wire detail. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the London, UK, art market before 1990.
Property of a gentleman, Kent, UK.
From a private collection, Surrey, UK, since 2013.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Mitchell, J., The Art of Pre Columbian Gold, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1985, p.110, for similar pendants representing birds of prey.

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LOT 2240

Pre Columbian Tairona Style Yellow Metal Condor Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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