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

A Selection of Three Terracotta Miniature Whistles and a Miniature Figurine, Peru, 1000-1550 CE

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Start price: $500

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,500

Buyer's premium:

1. Bird shaped Acarona. Early Horizon. Length: 5.6 cm

2. Whistle with athro-zoomorphic decoration, Chimu, 1450-1550 CE. Height: 4.3 cm

3. A Shell shaped whistle, Chimu-Inca, Late Horizon,   1450-1550. Height: 80.4 cm

4. Small figurine, Chincha, 1000-1450. Height: 8.5 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).

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