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LOT 2737
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Terracotta Head
500-100 B.C.
2 1/8 in. (31.5 grams total, 55 mm including stand).
Ellipsoid in section with applied band to the hair, slit eyes and mouth, pinched nose; with old dealer's ticket 'Pre-Columbian Mexico Michoacan pottery head'; mounted on a stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from John L. Homan, Lincolnshire, UK, 1989.
Accompanied by the original receipt dated 27 October 1984.
Accompanied by an original, old handwritten collector's iidentification tag.
See Wuthenau, A., Terracotta Pottery in Pre-Columbian Central and South America, Greystone Press, New York, 1965, p. 152, for similar examples.
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LOT 2737
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Terracotta Head
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Pre-Columbian Black Ware Stirrup Vessel with Birds Heads
Chimu Culture, circa 1100-1500 A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £30
Globular jar with broad base, stirrup-type neck and spout; lateral bird-heads to the shoulder and band of pounced texture with reserved wave-pattern detailing. 315 grams, 22 cm wide
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Olmec Jade Circular Pendant with Transformation Deity
Southern Mexico to Guatemala, circa 900-400 B.C. or laterEstimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Large and circular in profile with carved head and body of a deity with the body of a jaguar and the head of a human, facing with emphasised hair and ears; old inked legend 'GHI.002'; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 309 grams total, pendant: 58.6 mm
Ex William and Carol Thbadeau, acquired 1960s-1980s. Ex private collection, Georgia, USA. Ex Americas Artifacts, Roswell, GA, USA. with Artemis Gallery, 28 November 2016. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13463-262416.
The 'transformation figure' is the art-historical name given to the 'were-jaguar' combination of human and feline attributes, probably a shaman in the process of adopting his spirit animal persona. -
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Terracotta Head
500-100 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ellipsoid in section with applied band to the hair, slit eyes and mouth, pinched nose; with old dealer's ticket 'Pre-Columbian Mexico Michoacan pottery head'; mounted on a stand. 31.5 grams total, 55 mm including stand
Acquired from John L. Homan, Lincolnshire, UK, 1989. Accompanied by the original receipt dated 27 October 1984. Accompanied by an original, old handwritten collector's iidentification tag.
