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Lot 178

Two Pre-Columbian or Style Ceramic Bowls and Mayan or Style Bowl

Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid
$200

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comprising: possibly 1100 - 1500 CE, two Irazu tripod bowls with figural feline heads, ceramic, one with black and red slip decoration, the other with yellow and red slip decoration, 2-3/4 x 5-3/8 x 4-3/4 in. and 3-1/4 x 4-5/8 x 4-1/4 in.; possibly 300 - 400 CE, one miniature Mayan polychrome bowl, ceramic with polychrome decoration, 1-1/2 x 4-1/8 x 4 in.

Provenance: Pre-Columbian bowls: Lost Art, San Francisco, California, July 25, 1987, for $186.38 (accompanied by receipt); Mayan bowl: New World Antiquities, San Francisco, California, November 19, 1986, for $200 (accompanied by receipt); DC Forbes Collection

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Pre-Columbian bowls: Lost Art, San Francisco, California, July 25, 1987, for $186.38 (accompanied by receipt); Mayan bowl: New World Antiquities, San Francisco, California, November 19, 1986, for $200 (accompanied by receipt); DC Forbes Collection

surface dirt and accretion, fading; tripod examples with wear to feet, slip loss; Mayan example with loss to decoration, wear to base