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THBPre-Columbian Vicus-Frias Gold Birds (Group of 4)
Lot 85e
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Fine Arts
Jul 19, 2018
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2018-07-19 10:00:00
2018-07-19 10:00:00
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru / Ecuador border, Vicus-Frias culture, ca. 500 BCE. Four charming, miniature birds, each made by painstaking, talented craftsmanship from tiny sheets of gold. Three of the birds have square-shaped bodies with twisted gold wire around their upper border; long, tubular beaks; tubular, projecting eyes; and a radiating crest of tiny gold sheets. The fourth bird has a rounded body with a wide tail feather and two spread wings, all made from the same sheet of gold; the head is rounded, with raised dots for eyes, a conical beak ending in a loop as if it was once a pendant, and raised linear decoration on the body. Displayed together on a custom stand that looks like a tree. Size: 1.45" L x 0.95" W x 0.75" H (3.7 cm x 2.4 cm x 1.9 cm); 5.2" H (13.2 cm) on included custom stand. Largest weighs 2.2 grams
These came from the town of Frias, where a fabulous ancient treasure of gold and other precious metal artifacts was found; sadly much of it was melted down, and the cultural context of these items remains mysterious. Bird symbolism is always potent, given their ability to fly, and thus occupy a liminal state between earth and sky.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex H. J. Westermann collection, Germany, collected 1960-70
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#132554Very slight bending to each form.Condition
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