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LOT 2421
Pre-Columbian Ecuador Jama Coaque Terracotta Figure
CIRCA 500 B.C.-500 A.D.
4 5/8 in. (103 grams total, 11.9 cm including stand).
Modelled in the half-round standing figure in a knee-length skirt with collar and arm-rings; finely modelled facial and other detailing; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the old private Pre-Columbian collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s from much earlier collections.
Some of his collection was acquired from the private collection of Wayne Leicht, who acquired the specimens from the estate sale of John Dewar, a previous curator at the Southwest Museum, William S. Hart Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Accompanied by an identification card: ‘Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figure / Jalisco / West Mexico / poss. BC100-AD600’.
See Meggers B., Ecuador, Ancient People and Places, Thames and Hudson, London, 1966, p.205, for a very similar figure.
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Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figure
Jalisco, possibly 100 B.C.-600 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Hollow-formed ceramic figure standing erect with right hand resting on the chet; applied segmented necklace; applied facial detailing and headdress; with collector's label 'Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figure Jalisco west Mexico poss. BC100-AD600'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 139 grams total, 13 cm including stand
From the old private Pre-Columbian collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s from much earlier collections. Some of his collection was acquired from the private collection of Wayne Leicht, who acquired the specimens from the estate sale of John Dewar, a previous curator at the Southwest Museum, William S.Hart Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Accompanied by an identification card: ‘Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figure / Jalisco / West Mexico / poss. BC100-AD600’. -
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Artefact Group
Jalisco, possibly 100 B.C.-600 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: miniature jar with carinated mouth; oblate bead; tabular bead; each mounted on a display stand in a card tray. 36 grams total, 32-37 mm including stand
From the old private Pre-Columbian collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s from much earlier collections. Some of his collection was acquired from the private collection of Wayne Leicht, who acquired the specimens from the estate sale of John Dewar, a previous curator at the Southwest Museum, William S. Hart Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. -
Large Pre-Columbian Terracotta Head
Nyarit, possibly 200 B.C.-200 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Hollow-formed and modelled in the round with elaborate ear-decorations and raised band to the brow; with attached tag: 'pre Columbian / ceramic / West Coast / Mexico / Nyarit / 200 BC - 200 AD / 60.oo'; and to verso: 'From the estate of John Dewar / curator of the LA county / Museum of / Natural History'. 412 grams, 13 cm
From the old private Pre-Columbian collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s from much earlier collections. Previously acquired from the private collection of Wayne Leicht, who acquired the specimens from the estate sale of John Dewar, a previous curator at the Southwest Museum, William S. Hart Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
