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 51911:
An effigy vessel in the schematic rendition of a deer head with beautifully modeled antlers. Deer played an important role throughout the Americas as mediators between the world of the living and the dead.
Height: 13.1 cm
For more details on this lot, refer to the following number in the link: num 111, p. 136-137 (
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 Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 136-137
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
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