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LOT 2252
Pre Columbian Inca Artefact Collection
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 - 23 in. (30 grams total, 12.1-58.5 cm).
Mixed group including a braided textile fragment, tassel, and a pin with ceramic head and wisp of hair. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1940s-1950s.
Ex Hiller collection; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Pre Columbian Black Ware Vessel with Birds
Chimu Culture, 12th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With domed body and pointed underside, broad trumpet-shaped mouth, trapezoidal panels to the shoulder with pounced texture and reserved profile bird; with custom-made display stand. 648 grams, 18 cm (679 grams total, 23 cm high including stand)
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Moche Painted Pottery Stirrup Jar with Battle Scenes
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Stirrup jar with reserved scene to each face, figure to left with collar of reserved disc wearing an animal-skin cap and with a trailing loincloth golding a wedge in his right hand and grasping a curved bar attached to the face of the supine right figure with bird-crested cap gripping his wrist. 646 grams, 21.5 cm
Franziska Gassner (1907-2005), Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, assembled between 1945 and 1980. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Pre Columbian Ceramic Bird Rattle and Shell Pendant Group
Early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Including scallop shell fragments, a ceramic aviform rattle, and other items. 90 grams total, 21-64 mm
Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s. From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent. From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
