Le Soleil de nuit, trésors précolombiens d'une grande collection française
Le Soleil de nuit, trésors précolombiens d'une grande collection française (sale number PF1948), 74 Pre-Columbian artworks from an undisclosed French private collection. Exhibited at Sotheby's Paris from 26 to 29 October 2019, auctioned on 30 October 2019 for a grand total of 1,782,250 euros. Some of these objects (signalled with 
) have been deemed “of recent manufacture“ by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) of Mexico.[1]
Abstraction edit
Lot 1 edit
Jade ceremonial spoon
Lot 2 edit
Olmec bowl, tecomate
Lot 3 edit
Maya bowl with glyphs and flowers
Lot 4 edit
Valdivia bird figure
Lot 5 edit
Mezcala stone temple with figure
Lot 6 edit
Jade ceremonial spoon
Lot 7 edit
Chontal anthropomorphic stone figure
Lot 8 edit
Valdivia stone ceremonial plaque
Lot 9 edit
Maya obsidian eccentric flint
Lot 10 edit
Maya travertine vase
Lot 11 edit
Wari shell ornament with avian head
Lot 12 edit
Proto-Nasca textile of birds
Lot 13 edit
Maya eccentric flint
Lot 14 edit
Olmec zoomorphic bowl
Lot 15 edit
Ulúa stone bowl with handle
Lot 16 edit
Wari tapestry tunic
Lot 17 edit
Maya eccentric circular flint
Lot 18 edit
Maya eccentric circular flint
Metamorphosis edit
Lot 19 edit
Aztec stone seated figure
Lot 20 edit
Veracruz terracotta head with cutaway masks
Lot 21 edit
Zapotec figural urn, Monte Albán
Lot 22 edit
Olmec jade perforator
Lot 23 edit
Olmec incised stone maskette
Lot 24 edit
Maya two-part vessel
Portraiture edit
Lot 25 edit
Maya seated figure of a dignitary
Lot 26 edit
Maya carved shell pectoral
Lot 27 edit
Teotihuacan stone mask
Lot 28 edit
Moche portrait head vessel
Lot 29 edit
Teotihuacan stone mask
Lot 30 edit
Tiwanaku stone figure
Lot 31 edit
Teotihuacan stone mask
Lot 32 edit
Maya stucco head
Lot 33 edit
Maya stucco head
Lot 34 edit
Teotihuacan tecali mask
Figure edit
Lot 35 edit
Nayarit seated figure, Lagunillas type E
Lot 36 edit
Olmec serpentine figure, Guerrero region
Lot 37 edit
Maya seated female figure, Jaina
Notes edit
- ↑ Mónica Mateos-Vega, Reyes Martínez Torrijos (2019-11-01). "Son ‘‘de reciente manufactura’’ 14 obras subastadas por Sotheby’s en París". La Jornada.[dead link]
References edit
- Sotheby's, Le Soleil de nuit, trésors précolombiens d'une grande collection française, Paris, 30 octobre 2019, auction catalogue