May Online Auction (Sale #277)

Pre-Columbian Style Nicoya Guanacaste Pottery Figures

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Start price: $150

Estimated price: $300 - $450

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Description

Pre-Columbian Style Nicoya Guanacaste Pottery Figures

(2) burnished polychrome pottery seated hunch-back figures from the Nicoya culture, Guanacaste, Costa Rica; hollow construction; one having vent holes at sides, the other being a vessel opening at the top of the head; together with a terracotta mold-made pottery figurine (Height: 8.25-inches Width: 2.0-inches Length: 2.25-inches)

Property from: a Highland Park, Illinois collector

Height: 4 1/2 inches, Length: 2 1/2 inches, Width: 3 1/4 inches (larger pottery figure)

Condition: Very Good to Good, vessel figurine having chips, some repaired, around rim and an ear; smaller item having a chipped foot; overall light wear consistent with normal use; terracotta figurine head reattached; hand missing; overall moderate to heavy wear

Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic

Estimated Sale Time: 10:57 am CST

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Sales Tax: Illinois (8.000%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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Condition: Very Good to Good, vessel figurine having chips, some repaired, around rim and an ear; smaller item having a chipped foot; overall light wear consistent with normal use; terracotta figurine head reattached; hand missing; overall moderate to heavy wear

Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.25 x 2.5 in