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Auction 09 June 2020 Pre-Columbian Art - Asian Art - Nouvelle date - new date - Paris

Bid on the lot list Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr maison de ventes : 09 June 2020 - Art Précolombien - Art d’Asie Expositions publiques : lundi 8 juin de 10h à 18h sur rendez-vous uniquement Experts : Art Précolombien : Madame Bénédicte Hamard - Tél : +33 (0)6 85 52 00 77 - <a href="mailto:contact@bh-expertise.com" target="_blank">contact@bh-expertise.com</a> Art d’Asie : Monsieur Jean-Luc Estournel Tél : +33 (0)6 09 22 55 13 - <a href="mailto:jle@aaoarts.com" target="_blank">jle@aaoarts.com</a> Consultant pour le Vietnam : Monsieur Philippe Truong Tél. : +33 (0)6 31 34 40 59 Administratrice de vente : Clara GolbinTél. : +33 1 56 79 12 33 - Fax : +33 1 45 53 45 24 <a href="mailto:c.golbin@cornette-saintcyr.com" target="_blank">c.golbin@cornette-saintcyr.com</a> - Paris

Pre-Columbian Art - Asian Art - Nouvelle date - new date

Tuesday 09 June 2020 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live

6, avenue Hoche - 75008 Paris

Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr maison de ventes

Pre-Columbian Art - Asian Art - Nouvelle date - new date

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Lot n° 1

Small amulet depicting a standing...

Small amulet depicting a standing figure Beige calcite with brown patina Mezcala culture, Guerrero, Mexico 750 BC - 250 AD H. 5,5 - W. 2,2 - Th. 0,8 cm Provenance: - Former private French collection

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Lot n° 2

Small amulet depicting a standing...

Small amulet depicting a standing figure Black serpentine Culture of Guerrero, Mexico 750 B.C. - 250 A.D. H. 4,2 - W. 1,8 - Th. 1,5 cm Provenance: - Former private French collection

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Lot n° 3

Pendant representing a character...

Pendant representing a character The triangular face is projected forward. The arms in relief are brought back obliquely on the bust. A suspension hole is made at the top of the skull. Green speckled diorite Culture of Guerrero, Mexico 350 - 100 BC H....

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Lot n° 4

Amulet representing a shaman Bone...

Amulet representing a shaman Bone engraved Culture ? Ecuador H. 4 - W. 1.5 cm Condition: broken in two. Provenance: - Former French private collection

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Lot n° 5

Piece representing a polychrome...

Piece representing a polychrome terracotta face in the pre-Columbian style H. 7 cm Framing Claude de Muzac. Provenance: - Former French private collection

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Lot n° 6

Standing Character A strong indentation...

Standing Character A strong indentation in the forehead marks the location of the eyes. The mouth is incised as well as the details of the shoulders and hands that place this object among the M-4s according to Carlo Gay's classification. Green speckled...

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Lot n° 7

Standing figure The head, as important...

Standing figure The head, as important as the bust, is detailed by deep notches in the eyes and mouth. The ears are raised. Two grooves on the belly mark the arms. Legs apart are short. These elements characterize the M-8 type characters. Green andesite....

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Lot n° 8

Standing figure The stylized head...

Standing figure The stylized head is slightly tilted to the right. A wide flat area forms the mouth, and the forebrow arches projecting forward suggest the eyes. The skull is ritually deformed and left raw at the top. The body is elongated with the arms...

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Lot n° 9

Amulet depicting a character standing...

Amulet depicting a character standing with his arms at his side, wearing a headband. His face is stylized with eyes engraved with coffee beans, a triangular nose and an incised mouth. Green speckled stone. H. 8 - W. 3 - Ep. 1.7 cm Teotihuacan culture,...

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Lot n° 10

Standing character This stocky...

Standing character This stocky figure can be classified as M-18, with a broad head in line with the shoulders, obliquely incised arms and a deep groove marking the base of his bust. Its particularity lies in the treatment of its stylised face, marked...

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Lot n° 11

Woman standing Female figures...

Woman standing Female figures are rare in the lithic art of Guerrero, since they represent only 5%. Here the face is barely sketched with a notch for the mouth and a slight indentation to signify the gaze. The skull is strongly elongated by a ritual...

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Lot n° 12

Standing character Its rounded...

Standing character Its rounded skull, the notch for the eyes and the positioning of its arms in relief with the engraved dots place this character back in the M-22 category. Veined green serpentine. H. 13 - W. 5,5 - Th. 3,3 cm Mezcala Culture, Guerrero,...

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Lot n° 13

Standing character Its stylization...

Standing character Its stylization is to be compared to the M-6 types according to Carlo Gay's classification. Black serpentine. H. 9 - W. 4.4 - Th. 1.8 cm Mezcala culture, Guerrero, Mexico 750 BC - 250 AD Provenance: - Former French private collect...

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Lot n° 14

Double-necked flask It is decorated...

Double-necked flask It is decorated with a deity whose face is zoomorphic and whose body is human. Two trophy heads hang from his white loincloth. The head is adorned with a headdress from which multicoloured snakes emerge. Polychrome terracotta. Nazca...

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Lot n° 15

Double-necked flask The belly...

Double-necked flask The belly is decorated with a bird in flight, its beak towards the sky. Polychrome terracotta. Nazca culture, Peru 400 - 600 AD. H. 18 - Diam. 15 cm Provenance: - Kamer Gallery, acquired in 1976.

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Lot n° 16

Visage The character has closed...

Visage The character has closed his eyes and closed his mouth. His hair forms a black band at the collar and his nose is in relief. This object takes the shape of anthropomorphic vases but it has no bottom and has perforations so that it can be fixed...

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Lot n° 17

Spinning distaff Painted wood,...

Spinning distaff Painted wood, vegetable fibre and terracotta bead Chimu culture, Peru 1100 - 1450 A.D. L. 22 cm Provenance: - Former French private collection

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Lot n° 18

Important funeral mask It presents...

Important funeral mask It presents the face of a lord with the stretched eyes characteristic of Lambayeque art. The mouth is closed, framed by two sinusoidal wrinkles. The nose is in relief. The ears are adorned with temblas and drop-shaped pendants...

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Lot n° 19

Massive brown terracotta character ....

Massive brown terracotta character . Teotihuacan Culture, Mexico500 - 900 A.D. H. 10.5 - W. 16 - Ep. 2 cm State: Broken and glued. Provenance: - Former French private collection

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Lot n° 20

Small character He has a significant...

Small character He has a significant ritual deformation of the skull. His angular shoulders and the positioning of his incised arms on his belly, allow him to be classified as an M-8 type, according to Carlo Gay's classification. Green Andesite Culture...

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Lot n° 21

Stele The surface is engraved...

Stele The surface is engraved with ornate bands in the centre of the cups. Limestone with significant traces of manganese oxide Valdivia culture, Ecuador3000 - 1500 BC H. 19 - W. 15 - Ep. 3 cm

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Lot n° 22

Rectangular stele The main face...

Rectangular stele The main face is decorated with a network of cups delimited by an engraved frame and a transverse band. Limestone with significant traces of manganese oxide. Valdivia Culture, Ecuador3000 - 1500 BC AH 23.5 - W. 19 - Th. 14 cm

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Lot n° 23

Vase representing a monkey sitting...

Vase representing a monkey sitting on an oblong base, he keeps his sex erect with his right leg. The one on the left is folded up, with your hand behind your back. The opening of the vase is placed at the top of the skull. Brown terracotta with shiny...

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Lot n° 24

Ceremonial vase representing a...

Ceremonial vase representing a shaman This shaman in full transformation takes the features of a sitting monkey, holding a ceremonial vase between his legs. Its head is turned to the left and decorated with a headdress held in place by a wide red strap....

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Lot n° 25

Ceremonial vase The belly is composed...

Ceremonial vase The belly is composed of four fruits, two of which support the neck handle in a stirrup. The latter is adorned with a little monkey in the corner. Black terracotta. H. 23 - Diam. 17 cm Chimu culture, Peru 1100 - 1450 A.D. Provenance: -...

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Lot n° 26

Vase depicting a standing figure...

Vase depicting a standing figure The bust is wide and its back deformed by a bump. Black terracotta. Chimu culture, Peru 1100 - 1450 A.D. H. 26- l. 12 - Thickness 13cm Condition: Broken and glued to the neck. Provenance: - Former European private co...

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Lot n° 27

Whistle vase with bat decoration It...

Whistle vase with bat decoration It is composed of two distinct bellies, one in the shape of a bat and the other decorated with a shaman holding two ceremonial sticks on a beaded background. They are connected by a handle with a whistle that comes to...

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Lot n° 28

Bottle A monkey lying in the middle...

Bottle A monkey lying in the middle of waves adorns the shoulder of this bottle. It has a flared neck with a flat handle. Black terracotta. Lambayeque Culture, Peru 1100 - 1400 AD H. 22 - Diam. 17 cm Provenance: - Former European private collection -...

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Lot n° 29

Zoomorphic vase This seated monkey,...

Zoomorphic vase This seated monkey, full of realism, carries a banana in his mouth. The neck handle is placed on his back. Terracotta with glossy black slip. H. 19 - W. 11 - Ep. 18 cm Chimu culture, Peru 1100 - 1450 AD Provenance: - Former European private...

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Lot n° 30

Vase decorated with a monkey Sitting...

Vase decorated with a monkey Sitting on his belly, he is tasting a prickly pear. A stirrup-shaped neck handle extends from his back and rests on the opposite end of the vase. A bird is carved at the junction of the neck. Terracotta with glossy black...

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Lot n° 31

Vase with stirrup handle The handle...

Vase with stirrup handle The handle is decorated at its ends with birds while a small monkey hangs from the base of the central neck. Brown terracotta with black-brown slip. L. 25 - Diam. 15 cm Chimu culture, Peru 1100 - 1450 A.D. Provenance: - Former...

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Lot n° 32

Amphora with flared neck Its rim...

Amphora with flared neck Its rim is decorated with a lizard in relief biting the tail of a white snake. The head of the latter goes around and bites the tail of the lizard. Brown terracotta with red and white slip. Inca Culture, Peru 1200 - 1521 AD H....

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Lot n° 33

Ceremonial vase The globular belly...

Ceremonial vase The globular belly is decorated with a shaman... Sitting as a tailor, he is dressed with a loincloth and a headdress with a strap that holds a mask with a fox head. A stirrup handle is fixed in his back. Red-brown terracotta with traces...

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Lot n° 34

Double-bellied whistle vase The...

Double-bellied whistle vase The first represents a sitting monkey holding a fruit in his hands. The other, located at the back, is decorated with waves standing out against a pearly background. Black-brown engobe terracotta. Lambayeque Culture, Peru...

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Lot n° 35

Ceremonial vase Representing a...

Ceremonial vase Representing a deer Lying on its left flank, the animal has all four legs tied by a rope around its neck. This ritual object is particularly interesting and rarely described through this type of vase. It can be related to the theme of...

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Lot n° 36

Vase decorated with a monkey Sitting...

Vase decorated with a monkey Sitting on his belly, he is tasting a prickly pear. A stirrup-shaped neck handle extends from his back and rests on the opposite end of the vase. A bird is carved at the junction of the neck. Terracotta with glossy black...

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Lot n° 37

Container representing a monkey...

Container representing a monkey Sitting with his legs folded on his belly, he carries a fruit in his mouth. His sex is apparent and his long tail curls up behind his back. Black-brown engobe terracotta with traces of manganese oxide. Lambayeque culture,...

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Lot n° 38

Vase representing a fruit A monkey's...

Vase representing a fruit A monkey's head with its legs in relief emerges on the belly of the fruit, near the neck. Polychrome terracotta. H. 18 - L. 20 - Th. 14 cm Inca culture, Peru 1200 - 1521 AD Provenance: - Former European private collection -...

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Lot n° 39

Grey Jadeite aviforme pendant....

Grey Jadeite aviforme pendant. H. 5 - W. 3.5 - Th. 2 cm Nicoya culture, Guanacaste region, Costa Rica 200-600 AD

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Lot n° 40

Cup on a pedestal with deer decoration...

Cup on a pedestal with deer decoration The inside of the cup is animated with red geometric motifs on a cream background and two deer seen in profile. Brown terracotta with red and cream decoration. Nariño Culture, Colombia 850 - 1500 A.D. H. 9 - Diam....

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Lot n° 41

Cup on pedestal with snake decoration...

Cup on pedestal with snake decoration Two snakes coiled in a semicircle stand out against a red background. They are encircled by red triangular patterns on a cream background. Brown terracotta with red and cream decoration. Nariño Culture, Colombia...

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Lot n° 42

Cup on pedestal with spider decoration...

Cup on pedestal with spider decoration The center of the cup is animated by two bands where spiders are circulating and stand out against a black background. Brown terracotta with red and black negative painted decoration. Nariño Culture, Colombia 850...

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Lot n° 43

Anthropomorphic funerary urn It...

Anthropomorphic funerary urn It represents a seated dignitary adorned with an imposing headdress with a headband and circular earrings. Brown terracotta with red and black painted decoration. Chancay Culture, Peru 1100 - 1400 A.D. H.53 - l. 25. cm

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Lot n° 44

Vase representing a jaguar head...

Vase representing a jaguar head Terracotta brown clay with black-brown slip. Chimu/Inca culture, Peru 1100 - 1500 AD AH 15.5 - W. 11 - Th. 11.5 cm

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Lot n° 45

Vase with stirrup handle The belly...

Vase with stirrup handle The belly is decorated with a mythological scene with two anthropozoomorphic deities confronting each other on a beaded background. Brown terracotta with black-brown slip. Chimu culture, Peru 1100 - 1450 AD H. 20 - W. 12 - E....

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Lot n° 46

Ocarina in the shape of a shell...

Ocarina in the shape of a shell It is decorated with geometric and bird motifs. Terracotta with cream and red slip. Nariño culture, Colombia 850 - 1500 AD H. 10 - L. 18 - Th. 13 cm Condition: baking cracks.

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Lot n° 47

Brown terracotta animal sculpture...

Brown terracotta animal sculpture with black decoration. Chancay Culture, Peru 1100 - 1400 A.D. H. 11 - L. 25.5 - Thickness 8 cm

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Lot n° 48

Buddha Art of Gandhara, ca 2°-5°...

Buddha Art of Gandhara, ca 2°-5° century Schist. H. 61 cm Classical representation of the Buddha standing above a relief depicting a preaching scene. Accidents, shortages and visible restorations. Provenance: - Collection of Mr. and Mrs. L. (Paris) built...

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Lot n° 49

Bodhisattva head Gandhara art,...

Bodhisattva head Gandhara art, ca 2°-5° century Schist. H. 6 cm Provenance: - Collection of Mr and Mrs L. (Paris) built up between 1970 and 2000.

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Lot n° 50

Hand of Buddha Art of Gandhara,...

Hand of Buddha Art of Gandhara, ca 2°-5° century Schist. H. 22 cm Provenance: - Collection of Mr and Mrs L. (Paris) built up between 1970 and 2000.

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