Property from a European Private Collection
Quimbaya Seated Figure
Cauca Region, circa AD 1000 - 1500
Lot closes
December 10, 03:09 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
Starting Bid
9,500 EUR
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Property from a European Private Collection
Quimbaya Seated Figure
Cauca Region, circa AD 1000 - 1500
Height: 18 5⁄16 in (46,5 cm), Large: 8 7⁄8 in (22,5 cm)
Hernán Borrero Urrutia, Miami
Luz Miriam Toro, New York, acquired from the above in 1989
European Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1989
Brussels, Royal Museums of Art and History, Trésors du Nouveau Monde, September 15 - December 27, 1992
Emile and Lin Deletaille, eds., Trésors du Nouveau Monde, Brussels, 1992, p. 330, fig. 326
The solid figures of the Caldas complex are best known for their abstract facial design and tranquil and serene aura. The extended slab beneath the figure represents a bench in abstract form. Seated on an elevated ceremonial bench was a sign of authority and status, further affirmed here by the constricted leg bands, narrow headdress and gold nose ring.
For the figural type, see Armand J. Labbe, Colombia Before Columbus, The People, Culture, and Ceramic Art of Prehispanic Colombia, New York, 1986, p. 98, fig. 82.
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