Bertolami Fine Arts

Auction 31  –  24 March 2017

Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 31

Antiquities

Fr, 24.03.2017, from 5:00 PM CET
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Description

A Pre-Columbian bird figure
Colombia, Tairona Culture, AD 1000 – 1500; alt. cm 4; Bird-shaped figure made in tumbaga (gold and copper alloy) and used as pendant; with folded wings, long beak, prominent eyes framed with interweaving lines in relief and three decorative spirals aplied on the chest.
PROVENANCE:
English private collection; until 1985 in the Principality of Monaco; formerly in the collection of Gaspard Mollien (French diplomat, 1796-1872).

Estimate: GBP: 1.000-1.500

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Price realized 1'500 GBP
Starting price 600 GBP
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