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LOT 2359
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Painted Terracotta Vessel with Loop Handles
PRE-CLASSIC PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1- 1/4 in. (1.34 kg, 26 cm wide).
Biconvex in profile with broad tubular mouth, lateral lop handles to the equator; shoulder with painted geometric designs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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LOT 2359
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Painted Terracotta Vessel with Loop Handles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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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 Chupicuaro Painted Buff Ware Bowl
Pre-Classic Period, 3rd century B.C.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Broad shallow bowl with carination to the rim, painted hatched band to the rim and geometric motifs below. 463 grams, 19 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Pre-Columbian Black Ware Vessel with Warrior
Chimu Culture, 12th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Tall tongue-shaped vessel with four lateral bulbs, splayed base, funicular mouth; reverse with low-relief image of a facing male on a pounced field with arms drawn across the chest, holding a mace; reverse with two triangular pounced panels. 529 grams, 17.4 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
