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Large Indus Valley Terracotta Bowl with Fish
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With horizontal painted bands, frieze of fishes, geometric motifs. 803 grams, 24 cm
Ex David Gold, formed 1970s. Private collection, London. -
Pre-Columbian Puebloan Anasazi Black Ware Ancestral Bowl
Circa 13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With rounded underside and globular body, flared mouth and stepped rim; band of geometric ornament to the shoulder. 577 grams, 15 cm wide
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Pre-Columbian Black Ware Vessel with Birds
Chimu Culture, 12th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With domed body and pointed underside,broad trumpet-shaped mouth, trapezoidal panels to the shoulder with pounced texture and reserved profile bird; with custom-made display stand. 648 grams, 18 cm (679 grams total, 23 cm high including stand)
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Prehispanic Teotihuacan Terracotta Head Collection
2nd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Including grotesque masks and figural panels; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 360 grams total, 72-92 mm
From the private collection of Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933), American archaeologist and anthropologist; thence by descent to her granddaughter, Christine Mary Frederica Bulmer nee Laughton (1912-2000), via Zelia's daughter Nadine Nuttall Laughton (1882-1967). From the collection of Christine's niece, the late Gillian Bulmer (1935-20-21), Herefordshire, UK. Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman collector. Accompanied by a copy of a detailed signed statement of provenance. -
Large Pre Columbian Stone Taino Figural Cleaver
Circa 1500 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Leaf-shaped in profile with bulb above the pointed butt, broad rounded cutting edge; reserved low-relief facial features, hands folded across the midriff. 2.2 kg, 25 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Pre-Columbian Polished Spiked Macehead
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Comprising two long round-section spikes tapering to the ends with socket to the centre and two small lateral ellipsoid-section spikes. 397 grams, 15.9 cm
Acquired in Oxford, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N177; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Pre-Columbian Maya Stone Plaque with Figure
Classic Period, 3rd-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Triangular in profile with rounded angles, obverse with reserved face in profile with nose and mouth forming one angle, single reserved eye, headdress with drilled pellets and reserved billets; reverse unworked. 167 grams, 11 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Large Pre Columbian Chupicuaro Rattle-Legged Tripod Bowl
Pre-Classic Period, 3rd century B.C.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Broad dish with corrugations below the rim on the outer face, three radiating legs with vertical slits; reserved bands to the legs. 2.75 kg, 33 cm wide
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Life-Size Foot-Shaped Red Ware Vessel
3rd century B.C.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With flat base and squat tubular neck, slightly flared rim to the mouth; body formed as a human right foot with nail detailing to the toes, sandal with multilinear straps and panel to the heel. 813 grams, 21.5 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Pre-Columbian Red Ware Storage Jar
Pre-Classic Period, 3rd century B.C.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With globular body and rounded underside, broad tubular neck, slightly flared rim; old collector's label to base. 1.03 kg, 17.6 cm wide
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Net-Painted Red Ware Bowl
Pre-Classic Period, 3rd century B.C.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With painted segmented band to the sidewall,hatched rectangular panels with interstitial blocks. 384 grams, 14.2 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Painted Terracotta Bowl
Pre-Classic Period, 3rd century B.C.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Squat in profile with in-turned rim, reserved band to the rim and geometric stepped pattern below. 587 grams, 21.5 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.