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LOT 2345
Large Pre Columbian Chupicuaro Burnished Redware Bowl
PRE-CLASSIC PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
9 in. (1.11 kg, 23 cm wide).
With rounded underside, deep carinated profile, flared rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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Pre-Columbian Aztec Obsidian Blades and Core Group
Circa 14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including microlith blades and facetted core. 90 grams total, 28-86 mm
Acquired from Ray Fitzgerald, 11th May 1979. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.AZ5; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
South American Chancay Terracotta Figure with Pitcher
12th-14th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Hand-modelled Chancay(?) figure of a standing female with left hand on her hip and right hand raised to support the pitcher; pinched facial detailing and tall tongue-shaped headdress with lateral flaps; pointillé detailing for the eyes and breasts, incised lines to the collar and groin, exaggerated feet, top of the head supporting a pitcher; repaired. 129 grams, 17 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
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.
