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Emporium Auction - September 14, 2023

Thu, Sep 14, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 275

Polychrome Decorated Pre Columbian Style Vessel

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

possibly from Uaxactun, cylindrical vase with two painted panels, one of a man and the other a jaguar, label on base reads "Uaxachtun [Uaxactun] / Malter, 6/9/87 / #249 / head, jaguar",  7-1/4 x 4-1/8 in. 

Provenance: Malter Galleries, Encino, California, Auction XXXV June 7, 1987 lot 249 (with copy of catalog listing); Private Collection, Virginia

Condition

chips to rim, surface dirt/accretion, three cracks from rim, loss to paint

Malter Galleries, Encino, California, Auction XXXV June 7, 1987 lot 249 (with copy of catalog listing); Private Collection, Virginia