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LOT 2351
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Painted Buff Ware Bowl
PRE-CLASSIC PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (463 grams, 19 cm).
Broad shallow bowl with carination to the rim, painted hatched band to the rim and geometric motifs below. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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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. -
Mesoamerican Olmec Black Ware Bowl
Circa 900-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Pre-Columbian Maya Stone Axehead
Pre-Classic Period, circa 500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lentoid in section with square butt and slightly curved edge. 127 grams, 69 mm
Acquired from Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.SAI 1; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. Accompanied by an Alan Cherry dealer's information ticket.
