Sunday, January 24, 2021
LOT #121

Pre-Columbian Style Ceramic Assortment

(5) items including a Jaina style Mayan whistle depicting a personage in elaborate garb retaining faded blue and yellow pigments; a Zapotec black ware head pot depicting Cocijo the rain god; a Costa Rican jar having an applied relief decorative band with (3) frog effigies; a reticulated ceramic ear spool; and a bag of plain and decorated pottery shards and fragments of figurines

Estimate: $500 - $700

Dimensions: Height: 5 inches, Width: 2 1/2 inches, Length: 4 1/4 inches (Jaina whistle)

Condition: Very Good to Good, surface irregularities typical of hand-made pottery; whistle sounds, but having losses at top edge, chips at lower corners; head pot assembled from fragments with restorations; frog pot chipped at rim and at decoration having loss of a frog head; ear spool having a chip; shards are fragments of many larger items, none matching; overall light to heavy wear consistent with normal use

Shipping: Quote Shipping

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

Approximate Sale Time: New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (8.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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