The Blue Horizon: Pacific Art from an Important Maui Collection
The Blue Horizon: Pacific Art from an Important Maui Collection
Pectoral, Inland Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
No reserve
Lot Closed
November 22, 05:47 PM GMT
Estimate
400 - 600 USD
Lot Details
Description
Pectoral, Inland Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
The lowest shell inscribed in black ink: “GERMAN NEW GUINEA. Lwrne.Mar 1899.” (“NEW” partially effaced)
Length: 13 1/4 in (33.7 cm)
George Fabian Lawrence, known as “Stoney Jack”, London
Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, Rushmore, Dorset, acquired from the above on March 7, 1899
Alexander Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, Rushmore, Dorset, by descent from the above by 1900
Captain George Pitt-Rivers, The Manor, Hinton St Mary, Dorset, by descent from the above by 1927
Stella Edith Lonsdale (Pitt-Rivers), London and Garéoult, by descent from the above by 1966
Sotheby’s, London, July 15, 1975, lot 77, consigned by the above
Nelly Van den Abbeele, Brussels, acquired at the above auction
Christie’s, Amsterdam, May 24, 2000, lot 309 (part), consigned by the above
Private Collection, Maui, acquired at the above auction
Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, Rushmore, Dorset, acquired from the above on March 7, 1899
Alexander Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, Rushmore, Dorset, by descent from the above by 1900
Captain George Pitt-Rivers, The Manor, Hinton St Mary, Dorset, by descent from the above by 1927
Stella Edith Lonsdale (Pitt-Rivers), London and Garéoult, by descent from the above by 1966
Sotheby’s, London, July 15, 1975, lot 77, consigned by the above
Nelly Van den Abbeele, Brussels, acquired at the above auction
Christie’s, Amsterdam, May 24, 2000, lot 309 (part), consigned by the above
Private Collection, Maui, acquired at the above auction
General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, Catalogues of his Collections, 1882-1898, Vol. 6, p. 1965