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LOT 2739
Pre-Columbian Painted Terracotta Footed Bowl
CARCHI CULTURE, CIRCA 800-1500 A.D.
7 in. (266 grams, 17.7 cm).
Broad and deep with an inturned rim to the mouth and domed foot; painted ropework band to the inner rim with horizontal stripes below. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 2739
Pre-Columbian Painted Terracotta Footed Bowl
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Pre-Columbian Black Ware Terracotta Oil Vessel
Chimu Culture, circa 900 A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Amphora-shaped vessel with two loop handles and a funicular neck. 117 grams, 11.4 cm
From Paracas, May 1978. Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip. -
Pre-Columbian Ceramic Maya Dignitary Figure
Circa 400-700 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Hollow-formed terracotta dignitary figure with raised detail including an elaborate headdress and annular earrings, beaded collar and mantle with hands protruding beneath; reverse with vertical banding; supplied with a custom-made stand. 304 grams total, 15.8 cm including stand
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figure Group
Guangala Culture, circa 100-500 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: the head and shoulders of a robed male figure in grey clay, wearing large ear spools and a bag wig; a seated figure in brown clay wearing a bag wig and ear spools. 165 grams total, 68-70 mm
Ex Bury St Edmunds, Cambridgeshire, UK, ethnographical collection. Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip for one of the figurines.
