May Online Auction (Sale #277)
Lot 73:
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
Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate.
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
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