Encensoir zoomorphe à couvercle, alligator Culture Nicoya Style Potosi appliqué, Guanacaste, Costa Rica Période IV, 400-800 ap. J.-C.

Collection A. Jimenez, New York, années 1970
Galerie Throckmorton Fine Art, New York 2007  
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 521-48

Barcelone, Museu Barbier-Mueller d’Art Precolombí, 29 novembre 2000-7 mai 2001, Paris, Maison de l’Amérique latine, 14 juin-9 septembre 2001, Arts précolombiens de l’Amérique centrale dans les collections du musée Barbier-Mueller de Barcelone : Nicaragua, Costa Rica et Panamá
Barcelone, Museu Barbier-Mueller d’Art Precolombí, 30 octobre-avril 2004, Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, 25 juin-24 octobre 2004, Trésors de la céramique précolombienne du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona

Barbier (Jean Paul), " Comment Pierre-Alain Ferrazzini embellit nos collections ", in  Arts & Cultures, 2001, fig. 7, p. 200
Arts précolombiens de l’Amérique centrale dans les collections du musée Barbier-Mueller de Barcelone: Nicaragua, Costa Rica et Panamá, 2001, cat. 10, p. 165
Trésors de la céramique précolombienne du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona, 2003, fig. 58, p. 66 et cat. 58, p. 223

Récipient cassé collé de façon visible, sans restauration particulière. Couvercle formant coupole cassé collé et restauré, avec des restaurations visibles sur la partie grumeleuse. L'alligator est en bon état, avec des usures de surfaces dues au temps et une partie de l'arête dorsale ayant subi quelques restaurations visibles. Forme rare Receptacle broken and glued in a visible manner, with no special restoration. The domed lid (?) broken and glued and with some restoration, restoration visible on the friable part of the lid. The alligator is in good condition, with some surface wear as a result of age. Part of the backbone has undergone several visible restorations. Rare form
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