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 Hand Modeled and Incised Terracotta Figurines, Cupisnique, Peru, 800-500 BCE
Height: 18.2 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 61, p. 46
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
