Online December Auction (Sale #272)
Lot 165:
Description
Pre-Columbian Style Pottery Assortment
(7) examples including a Moche style owl effigy bottle, a Mayan style vertically striped painted bowl having animal head handles and gold toned flecks in its clay, (2) small vessels having pine pitch glaze typical of Amazonian tribes, (3) small vessels from Costa Rica; together with a Chancay style textile ‘burial doll’ example depicting figures in a reed boat
Condition: Very Good, surface flaws and irregularities typical of hand made pottery; owl effigy having restored break and rim chip; minor rim chips to Costa Rican pots; minor surface and rim abrasions to pine pitch glazed pots
Height: 6 1/2 inches, Diameter: 5 inches (owl effigy)
Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic
Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot.
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Approximate Sale Time: 11:36 am CST
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Condition: Very Good, surface flaws and irregularities typical of hand made pottery; owl effigy having restored break and rim chip; minor rim chips to Costa Rican pots; minor surface and rim abrasions to pine pitch glazed pots
Dimensions: 6.5 in
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