The Yossef Maiman Collection - Important Pre-Columbian Pottery and Textile Hammeriste and In Cooperation with David Ben Ami Andres Auctions (Antiquities license number 299)

Three Chavin Items, Peru, 700-1 BCE

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Start price: $400

Estimated price: $700 - $1,000

Buyer's premium:

1. A Stone mace head. Height: 10 cm

2. Two mirrors. Length: 8 cm, diameter: 9 cm

Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.

Notes: Most items from the Cottier collection were purchased between 1960’s-1980’s from prominent collectors such as Carlos Campilli (Miami), Sophie Pdgorska (Geneva) and Marguerite Motte (Paris).

Literature: Lapiner, Alan, "Pre Columbian Art", H. N. Abrams; First Edition, 1976, fig 128

Lavalle de, Jose Antonio, Lang, Werner, "Arte y Tesoros del Peru", Banco de Credito del Peru en la Cultura, 1983, p. 93

Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]