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LOT 2326
Pre-Columbian Maya Stone Plaque with Figure
CLASSIC PERIOD, 3RD-9TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (167 grams, 11 cm).
Triangular in profile with rounded angles, obverse with reserved face in profile with nose and mouth forming one angle, single reserved eye, headdress with drilled pellets and reserved billets; reverse unworked. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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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
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Pre-Columbian Stone Ritual Vessel
1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rectangular in plan and tapering in profile from the rounded rim to the segmented basal ring, vertical lobes to each long face, one with pouring vent. 1.58 kg, 12 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Possibly a mortar for the preparation of seeds and grain, or a press for extracting fermented juice from fruit. -
Large Pre Columbian Colima Obsidian Spearhead
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Finely knapped and polished triangular two-edged spearhead with lentoid-section tang; mounted on a custom-made stand. 266 grams, 25.7 cm (577 grams total 24.2 cm high including stand)
Acquired between the 1950s-1960s. Ex Dr David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA. Private collection, Fayetteville. with Artemis Gallery, 9 February 2021. Private collection, London.
