Online January Auction (Sale #273)

Pre-Columbian Tlatilco Style Figurine Assortment

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Start price: $400

Estimated price: $800 - $1,000

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Pre-Columbian Tlatilco Style Figurine Assortment

Pre-Classic, Formative Period style ceramic female figurines, Type D of Vaillant’s typology, (2) items including a two-faced, three-eyed example of brown clay having a cream slip; and another having an elaborate headdress and a flared skirt; together with two head fragments having Olmecoid features; and a Mayan seated female figurine; all but the seated figure having display stands

Height: 5 3/4 inches, Width: 2 1/4 inches, Depth: 1 1/4 inches (skirted figurine without stand)

Condition: Very Good to Good, two-face example broken with loss of legs; skirted figure having lost an arm, repaired break at neck, and chipped at feet; heads are fragmentary; no other chips or cracks noted; overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use

Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic

Estimated Sale Time: 11:32 am CST

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

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Condition: Very Good to Good, two-face example broken with loss of legs; skirted figure having lost an arm, repaired break at neck, and chipped at feet; heads are fragmentary; no other chips or cracks noted; overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use

Dimensions: 5.75 x 2.25 x 1.25 in