A GOLD & SILVER MOCHE FIGURE OF A STANDING WARRIOR IN PROFIL...

Estimate

£1,500 - £2,500

A GOLD & SILVER MOCHE FIGURE OF A STANDING WARRIOR IN PROFILE, LOMA NEGRA, VICUS-MOCHE, CIRCA 200-500A.D.

60cm x 55cm

Catalogue note:

Made from a allow of low gold, low silver and copper, with shell and stone inlay. These
warrior in “profile position” placed in graves of high priests in the pre-columbian cultures of
the west coast of Peru. Vicus-Moche culture, ca 200 AD.

Provenance:

Private collection A. J. Grant, NYC, acquired 1950’s-1960’s, thence by decent.
With D. Cole Gallery, during the 1960`s and 1970`s with a gallery in San Francisco.
Private collection Spain, 1970`s to 2015.
Acquired European art market, ca. 2015 to 2017.