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LOT 2229
Pre Columbian Jadeite Face Collection
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
5/8 - 1 3/8 in. (84 grams total, 16-36 mm).
Including a D-shaped Mezcala style mask with horizontal gusset to the brow, a Maya mask with classic ear spools, and other items. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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Pre Columbian Red Ware Anthropomorphic Vessel
Chimu Culture, 10th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising a bulbous body with central dimple to each face, pierced lugs to the shoulders, funicular neck with applied facial detailing to obverse, painted panels to reverse; lateral painted bands enclosing on each broad face a stylised facing figure with claw-like hands and braided hanks of hair. 610 grams, 20 cm
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. -
Peruvian Lambayque Painted Pottery Stirrup Jar with Figures
750-1400 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Comprising a hollow plano-convex bulb and tall tubular neck with flared rim, connected at base to a drum-shaped hollow chamber with figural scene modelled in the round of a crouching male placing a bowl before two lemurs(?) each with a bear-shaped heads and erect posture; supporting strap to rear of shoulders of the man. 491 grams, 15.5 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. -
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Pre Columbian Black Ware Stirrup Jar
Chimu Culture, 12th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A grey-black burnished ceramic bottle formed as four conjoined gourds and arched stirrup neck; kneeling figure holding spout. 679 grams, 23 cm
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.
