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Part of a magnificent crown-like ornamental ensemble, c. 700 - 1000 AD ·  Peru, Lambayeque-Sicán · ID: 3050227

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Provenance
Gerhard Asche (1933-2022), Billigheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (vor 1968)
Size
B: 62,5 cm
B: 24.6 inch

Description

mounted on black velvet, in a glazed wooden display case (m: 25 cm x 71 cm x 10 cm)

Broad band of gold plate, densely set with small disc-shaped pendants

The band was formerly supplemented by an elaborately worked superstructure and formed the crowning of a golden mask. A complete jewellery ensemble of this type published in “Peru, Art from the Chavin to the Incas”, Musée du Petit Palais (ed.), Paris 2006, p. 155, fig. 179.


The object Part of a magnificent crown-like ornamental ensemble, c. 700 - 1000 AD with the object ID 3050227 was last part of the auction Online Auction at September 27, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 102.

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Comparing literature

Musée du Petit Palais (ed.), Peru, Art from the Chavin to the Incas, Paris 2006, p. 155, ill. 179


Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).


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