前哥伦布时期Pre Columbian Art 金鹰项坠玉石管珠项链

前哥伦布时期 金鹰项坠玉石管珠项链 Pre Columbian Art

 

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前哥伦布时期 金鹰项坠玉石管珠项链

美洲原住民的黄金工艺品

美洲原住民的黄金工艺品
美洲原住民的黄金工艺品

自古以来,黄金一直令人迷醉,通常只用作最高贵的用途。想想刚才法国时代展馆里的镀金家具和乔治·特里夫特的盔甲,这里金光闪闪的金品来自哥伦布时期的美洲,也就是哥伦布1492年登陆美洲之前的时代。

中、南美洲有丰富的黄金资源,美洲民族包括墨西哥的阿兹特克人(Aztec)和秘鲁的印加人(Inca),都以大量黄金歌颂统治者和神灵。古代的美洲人用黄金制作工艺品已经至少3000年,用作装饰、礼仪和丧葬等用途。黄金本身有着精神和象征意义,拥有黄金、穿戴黄金彰显了统治者的特权,在许多文明当中,统治者对黄金有绝对控制权。

美洲的黄金几百年来一直是外族开拓者、殖民地征服者和机会主义者热切追求的对象,他们寻找这种贵重金属最终目的都是把它熔掉,制成金条。可是对于古代美洲人来说,黄金一定要制成有力量的神灵的形象才有价值,有作品抽象的表现了人的形体,也有大量野兽模样的形象,丰富多彩。看到这些精美的黄金工艺品,联想到奥地利作家斯蒂芬·茨威格(Stefan Zweig)的那本著名纪实文学《人类的群星闪耀时》(Sternstunden Der Menschheit)中描写到西方探险家初抵美洲大陆,看到原住民持有大量黄金制品时那副贪婪的嘴脸。

Ref. Christies auction house James Christie logo

FIVE TAIRONA GOLD FROGS

Sale 1775
Fine Pre Columbian Art
21 November 2006, New York

FIVE TAIRONA GOLD FROGS
FIVE TAIRONA GOLD FROGS

CA. A.D. 1000 – 1500
Price realised
USD 7,800
Estimate
USD 2,500 – USD 4,500
FIVE TAIRONA GOLD FROGS
ca. A.D. 1000 – 1500
in graduated sizes, each with sharply bent legs, braidwork along the spine, triangular flattened heads with globular eyes to the sides, strung on a necklace of rock crystal and carnelian beads.
Length 1 to 1 3/8 in. (2.5 to 3.4 cm.)

Ref. Tourmaline Necklace with Pre-columbian Gold Frog (400 – 1000)

Tourmaline Necklace with Pre-columbian Gold Frog (400 - 1000)
Tourmaline Necklace with Pre-columbian Gold Frog (400 – 1000)
Tourmaline Necklace with Pre-columbian Gold Frog (400 - 1000)
Tourmaline Necklace with Pre-columbian Gold Frog (400 – 1000)
Tourmaline Necklace with Pre-columbian Gold Frog (400 - 1000)
Tourmaline Necklace with Pre-columbian Gold Frog (400 – 1000)

Date: 400-1000
Location of Origin: Latin America
Sale Date: November 30, 2016
Sale Location: Virtual
Sale Sponsor: The Curator’s Eye
Lot ID: 87
Description:
Green tourmaline tube necklace with Gold Precolumbian Diquis frog pendant with Bulbous Rattle’s Eyes. Lost wax cast technique made with bee’s wax. Costa Rica 1000-1500.
Tourmaline Necklace with Pre-columbian Gold Frog (400 – 1000)
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1: Green tourmaline tube necklace with Gold Precolumbian Diquis frog pendant with Bulbous Rattle’s Eyes. Lost wax cast technique made with bee’s wax. Costa Rica 1000-1500

Lot ID: 87
Low Estimate: $5,100
High Estimate: $6,800
Next Bid: $5,100
Sale ID: 11
Sale Date: November 30, 2016
Sale Sponsor: The Curator’s Eye

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