A Pre-Columbian frog bell
Colombia, Tairona Culture, AD 1000 – 1500; lungh. cm 2,5; Frog figurine made in tumbaga (gold and copper alloy) used as pendant with inner bell. With forelegs depicted as long hook, the head shows mouth defined by engraved line and spherical eyes framed with interweaving lines extended on the back.
PROVENANCE:
English private collection; until 1985 in the Principality of Monaco; formerly in the collection of Gaspard Mollien (French diplomat, 1796-1872).

Estimate: GBP: 3.000-4.000