African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 38
A Valdivia female torso
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £250
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Description
A Valdivia female torso
Ecuador, circa 3500 BC
clay with red slip body and black head with linear incised hair,
3cm high,
a Costa Rican stone idol, incised a stylised figure, 3.6cm high, a Valdivia pottery head fragment, 2.2cm high, on a stand, an Aztec pottery head of Chalchiuhtlicue, with a folded headdress, disc earrings and raised outline eyes and lips, the back inscribed Xochiquetzal, Late Aztec, Burland, B.M., 7.5cm wide, an Aztec figure of Atlcuye, with hand written identification label to the back, 6cm high, a Quimbaya pottery female figure
Colombia, with remains of fawn slip, 10cm high, and a Mayan flat back figure of Itzamna, 11cm high. (8)
Provenance
George and Florangel Lambor Collection.