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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]
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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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