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LOT 2216
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Anthropomorphic Votive Group
100 B.C.-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 - 4 3/8 in. (380 grams total, 6.3-11 cm).
Two pre classic stylised human heads from San Jeronimo, circa 100 B.C. from Guerrero, Mexico, with one other pre-Columbian figure, possibly female, with stylised painted facial features and remaining arm. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
See Easby, E., Before Cortes, Sculpture of Middle America, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, p.68, for a nice example of the pre classic San Jeronimo type.
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LOT 2216
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Anthropomorphic Votive Group
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Pre-Columbian Ceramic Chancay Anthropomorphic Jar
1000-1200 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Bulbous-bodied with splayed neck and rounded base, stylised puffy-cheeked, squinty-eyed human face, raised arms embracing the bloated vessel bowl, one suspension loop and remains of a second to neck base. 384 grams, 13 cm high
Acquired by the vendor's mother 1960s-1970s, thence by descent. Ex Spray family collection, Norfolk, UK. -
Pre-Columbian Moche Ceramic Vessel Showing a Hunted Deer
Circa 2nd-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
The flask-shaped body with pedestal foot and tubular neck, pierced lugs to the shoulders and raised deer motif and spear to each face. 299 grams, 15 cm high
Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK. Acquired in the 1990s. From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
A number of vessels of the late Moche period also show deer being hunted with spears or clubs. It is likely such a practice would be reserved for those with high status within Moche society. Although the meaning of these vessels is not known, it is likely such hunts held a deep religious significance. -
Pre-Columbian Lambayeque Blackware CeramicMasked Lord Vessel
Circa 8th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
Squat-bodied with splayed foot, neck base formed as an ornate human mask, strap handle to reverse, tapering cylindrical neck. 1.09 kg, 30 cm high
Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK. Acquired in the 1990s. From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
This interesting vessel likely depicts a high ranking individual with markers of status including long earrings and elaborate necklace. The detailed mask on the face of the vessel is representative of the well known and exceptional metal masks reserved for the elite. Metals used for these masks include gold and rank amongst the most striking of ancient Peruvian art.
