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Lot 7
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Hache votive Culture Olmèque Mexique Préclassique, 900-600 av. J.-C.

Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Olmèque
  • Hache votive
  • Jadéite semi-translucide de type Blue-Green à surface lisse et brillante
  • h. 13,7 cm ; 5 1/2 in

Provenance

Alphonse Jax, New York, 1983
Collection Gérard Geiger, Lausanne, 1987
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 501-23

Exhibited

Genève, Musée Rath, Mexique, terre des dieux: trésors de l’art précolombien, 8 octobre 1998-24 janvier 1999

Literature

Aveleyra Arroyo de Anda (Luis) et Piña Chan (Ramón), L’art précolombien: olmèque, maya, aztèque, s.d., p. 88
Mexique, terre des dieux: trésors de l’art précolombien, 1998, n° 17, p. 36
Au cœur de l’Amérique précolombienne: collection Gérard Geiger, 2003, fig. 12, p. 68
Barbier-Mueller (Jean Paul), " Confidentiellement vôtre ", in Arts & Cultures, 2009, p. 271
Geoffroy-Schneiter (Bérénice), Arts premiers, mode d’emploi, 2012, p. 130

Condition

Parfait état de conservation Perfect state of conservation
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