Property from the Collection of Jack and Cynthia Steinberger, Switzerland
Pair of Chimu Ear Ornaments
Circa AD 900 - 1100
Lot closes
December 10, 03:06 PM GMT
Estimate
4,500 - 6,500 EUR
Starting Bid
3,000 EUR
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Property from the Collection of Jack and Cynthia Steinberger, Switzerland
Pair of Chimu Ear Ornaments
Circa AD 900 - 1100
Diameter (each): 3 ¼ in (8.3 cm)
Alan Lapiner, Arts of the Four Quarters, Ltd., New York
Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet, New York, April 8, 1972, lot 138, consigned by the above
Jack and Cynthia Steinberger, Switzerland, acquired at the above auction
The frontals of earspools composed of tumbaga openwork disks with jasper inlays centering a ferocious feline.
Jasper in the ancient Andean culture was considered to have magical properties.
For a similar configuration, see L’Or de Perou, Fondation de L’Hermitage catalog, Lausanne, 1988, pl. 120-121
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