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LOT 2228
Pre-Columbian Toltec Terracotta Anthropomorphic Vessel
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (221 grams, 15 cm high).
Formed as a squash-shaped female figure with pierced ears, a storage jar attached to her back with a band wrapped around her head, the mouth of the model vessel also forming the mouth of the larger vessel, her arms raised to her temples; some remains of polychrome detailing.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
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LOT 2228
Pre-Columbian Toltec Terracotta Anthropomorphic Vessel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Pre-Columbian Wari Painted Ceramic Jug
Circa 900 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Pear-shaped with a flaring neck and openwork handles of possible anthropomorphic form with face baring teeth to the side, polychrome painted geometric scheme to the upper body; accompanied by a display base. 917 grams total, 23.5 cm high including stand
Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK. Acquired in the 1990s. From a Norfolk, UK, private collection. -
Pre-Columbian Stone Arrowhead Collection
Circa 2nd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising bifacial knapped arrowheads with two long and short leaf-shaped types in chert and a leaf-shaped type with deeply serrated edge in orange quartzite. 30 grams total, 49-82 mm
Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. -
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.
