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LOT 2324
Large Pre Columbian Stone Taino Figural Cleaver
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
10 in. (2.2 kg, 25 cm).
Leaf-shaped in profile with bulb above the pointed butt, broad rounded cutting edge; reserved low-relief facial features, hands folded across the midriff. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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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. -
Pre-Columbian Stone Face Mask
Circa 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Carved in three-quarte view with bulging lentoid eyes and gaping mouth, old label to verso: '3708'. 318 grams, 13 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.
