The Yossef Maiman Collection - Important Pre-Columbian Pottery and Textile Hammeriste and In Cooperation with David Ben Ami Andres Auctions (Antiquities license number 299)
Lot 51644:
Representation of a condor, the biggest flying bird of the region, considered the lord of the air and one of the major spirits of the upper world. As carrion eaters, condors maybe associated with a complex set of ideas such as predation death, resurrection and sacrifice.
Height: 20.1 cm
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 50, p. 83 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/offerings_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)
Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.
Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Offerings for the Afterlife – Peruvian Pottery from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 83
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
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