A Pre-Columbian warrior figure
Colombia, Tairona Culture, AD 1000 – 1500; alt. cm 5; Warrior figure made in tumbaga (gold and copper alloy) and used as pendant. Depicted naked with legs spread apart, and a long object like a sceptre grasp in the hands; wears movables earrings, bracelets and an half-round flat headgear decorated with beads and interweaving lines in relief. The face shows applied-like eyes and piercings with rings on the cheeks.
PROVENANCE:
English private collection; until 1985 in the Principality of Monaco; formerly in the collection of Gaspard Mollien (French diplomat, 1796-1872).
Estimate: GBP: 4.500-6.500
Price realized | 4'000 GBP |
Starting price | 1'500 GBP |