Lot 106: Cocle gold avian pendant,c. A.D. 800-1200. Height 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). Estimate: $50,000-70,000 [source]
Lot 41: Chavin effigy vessel, Tembladera, c. 700-400 B.C. Height 10 in. (25.4 cm.). Estimate: $4,000-6,000 [source]
Christie's
Fine Pre-Columbian Art & A Collector's Vision: The Private Property
of G.A.H. Buisman Jzn.
Sale 1775
Nov. 21, 2006, 2:00 pm
New York
About the collection : Pottery richly decorated with symbolic designs, finely worked jades and an array of Pre-Classic and Mayan figurines from the Buisman collection provide an expression of the complex civilizations that spanned three millennia from modern-day Peru to northern Mexico. The collection is sold primarily to support the family's heritage conservation efforts, the Maecenas World Patrimony Foundation and Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis.
Left: William W. Brill catalog [source]
Right: African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian catalog [source]
Sotheby's
The William W. Brill Collection of African Art
N08287
Nov. 17, 2006
New York
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African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
N08246
Nov. 17, 2006
New York
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Waddington's
Inuit Art
Nov. 6-7, 2006
Toronto
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