Coclé Gold Pectoral

Circa AD 700 - 1200

No reserve

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Auction Closed

December 12, 04:12 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

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Description

Property from a European Private Collection

Coclé Gold Pectoral

Circa AD 700 - 1200

Diameter: 6 ¾ in (16.9 cm)

Gimpel & Hanover Gallery, Zurich, in collaboration with André Emmerich (inv. no. CF 12)

European Private Collection, acquired from the above on November 14, 1980

Thence by descent

Finely hammered and of dense form, featuring a repousse composite zoomorph incorporating the traits of a splayed, leaping frog with the head representing a ferocious crocodilian with bared fangs and curled talons; with four pierced holes.

Such plaques were prized objects in the Isthmus gold working regions of Coclé, Diquis and Veraguas, and were worn as breastplates or more probably attached to garments.

For highly similar iconography see Joanne Pillsbury, ed., Golden Kingdoms, Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas, New York, 2017, p. 193, cat. no. 99.

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