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LOT 2328
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Life-Size Foot-Shaped Red Ware Vessel
3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (813 grams, 21.5 cm).
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. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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LOT 2328
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Life-Size Foot-Shaped Red Ware Vessel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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