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