Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20th September 2023

Lot 1131

A Moche necklace fragment

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £100

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Description

A Moche necklace fragment
Peru, circa 300 - 600 AD
with two copper owl pendants and a condor pendant with jade and chrysocolla beads,
14.5cm wide, mounted,
a Moche embossed copper mask, 6.7cm wide, a Moche copper owl mask bell pendant, 4cm high, a Zapotec copper knife, 11.5cm high and a Moche andesite disc embossed five monkeys, 6cm diameter. (5)

Provenance
Romy Rey Collection, London.