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LOT 2124
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Seated Female Figure
CIRCA 100 B.C. OR LATER
5 1/8 in. (469 grams, 13 cm).
Modelled in the round seated with legs thrust forward, arms spread, incised detailing to the face and head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Pre-Columbian Colima Double-Headed Effigy Incense Burner
Circa 300 B.C.-300 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Terracotta bifacial burner, the bowl formed as a human mask to each broad face with applied grotesque detailing and notched rim; central column below, voided and developing to a pair of straddling legs with male genitals; arched horse-shoe handle above with applied pellets to the outer edge. 2.37 kg, 39.5 cm
Acquired Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, UK. Ex London, UK, gallery. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C124d53 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12158-217338.
These janiform sculptures form an unusual subset of the Colima corpus and are believed to represent the rain god Tlaloc with the handle represented as snakes. This present example is notable for its size with some remaining original pigment remaining. These sculptures are thought to represent rain, earth and fertility. -
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Seated Female Figure
Circa 100 B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Modelled in the round seated with legs thrust forward, arms spread, incised detailing to the face and head. 469 grams, 13 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. -
Pre-Columbian Nayarit Terracotta Pottery Figure
Circa 100 B.C.-500 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Seated male figure drinking from a spherical jar, with painted decoration to the reverse; discoid base with three stub legs. 453 grams, 15.5 cm
Collected from the 1980s onwards, from the Romy Rey (1938-2020) collection, London, UK. with Christie's, London, 25 March 1986, no.130 (part). Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.
The drink is possibly pulque, one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to have been used in Mexico.
