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Lot 317

Lot 317

A Moche Skeleton Vessel

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Estimate$4,000 – $6,000

Status

Closed

A Moche Skeleton Vessel

Peru, Circa 500-700 A.D.

Height 8 1/2 inches (21 cm).

Property from the Collection of JRM, Washington, D.C.

Provenance:

Sothebys, New York, Pre-Columbian Art, 14 May 1996, Lot 199.

Scott and Stuart Gentling Collection

Bonhams, New York, African, Oceanic & Pre Columbian Art, 12 November 2014, Lot 129.

Note:

For a nearly identical example of a skeleton playing a flute vessel, see M. Schmit, Kunst und Kultur von Peru, Berlin, 1929, p. 170.

Intact. Handle is previously broken and repaired behind the figure's head and at the base; minor fill in the break behind the head. Small areas of the handle fluoresce under UV light due to adhesive used when it was repaired. The bottom portion of the flute has broken off and no longer present. Minor chip to the rim of the spout and minor fill in on proper left leg; some minor surface wear throughout. Possible enhancing of glaze. Overall in fine stable condition.

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Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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