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LOT #553
Pre-Columbian West Mexican Figure Assortment
(4) hollow-bodied items, including a Jalisco seated male, cross-armed, having traces of paint; a Michoacan seated female; a Nayarit painted seated “peyote eater” having a bowl on knee; and a tube-like figure open at top and bottom; together with a Mayan Jaina style seated solid figurine accompanied by a bag of fragments
Estimate: $400 - $600
Hammer Price: $350
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000
Dimensions: Height: 11 inches, Width: 7 inches, Depth: 8 inches (tallest)
Condition: Good to Fair, overall moderate to heavy wear consistent with normal use; Jalisco having broken leg (present); Nayarit lacks a leg; Michoacan having hair-line crack along side nose; Mayan having loss to arm and headdress, some pieces present in bag
Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present
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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)