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LOT 2301
Pre-Columbian Nazca Painted Ceramic Bowl with Anthropomorphic Feline
CIRCA 400-1000 A.D.
14 3/8 in. (21 grams, 11 cm diameter).
The polychrome bowl with tapering sidewall, everted rim and rounded base, decorated with an anthropomorphic animal, likely a feline with large whiskers, its tail and head emerging at opposite sides of the bowl, and a 'mythical' face to either side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number Am1914,0731.12, for a comparable design; cf. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.71.73.246, for a comparable example.
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LOT 2301
Pre-Columbian Nazca Painted Ceramic Bowl with Anthropomorphic Feline
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Fine condition, cleaned and conserved.
Acquired 1960s-1970s. Jan Pelles / Lyngbye collection. Senatus Consulto, Denmark, 2010. Ex private collection of Mr N.J., Leicester, UK.
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Prehispanic Stone Arrowhead and Implement Collection
16th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising knapped agate and jasper arrowheads and other implements; most with an old inked collection inventory number. 293 grams total, 20-63 mm
Fine condition.
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. -
Prehispanic Jamacoque Terracotta Mask
500 B.C.-500 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Fragment, featuring stylised facial detailing in relief; attachment piercings to the forehead. 159 grams, 12.5 cm
Ex private collection since the 1980s. With Acreman St antiques auction, Sherborne, UK.
