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LOT #445
Pre-Columbian Pottery Assortment
(15) items including an Incan polychrome handled vessel having a jaguar head; a Colima jar having protruding head and tail of a dog; a Mexican bowl supported by addorsed figures and snakes rising above the rim, pierced at bottom of bowl; a rattle-leg tripod; a cup; Costa Rican tripod; Central American bowls; a reconstructed carved pot having animal faces with brim; a polychrome pot and vase; a fragmentary basket; and a reconstructed poly-chrome pot
Estimate: $500 - $700
Hammer Price: $250
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000
Dimensions: Height: 6 1/2 inches, Width: 7 inches, Depth: 7 inches (snake bowl)
Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall light to heavy wear consistent with normal use; snake bowl having (2) cracked legs, crack and chip to rim; Costa Rican tripod missing a leg; cup and a tripod bowl assembled from shards; loss of finish, basket handle in fragmentary condition, face and poly-chrome pots restored showing glue residue
Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present
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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)