Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 55
A Maya tripod shallow bowl
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £750
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Description
A Maya tripod shallow bowl
Mexico, circa 100 BC - 300 AD
clay, painted in red, orange and black a fish and borders, two of the open feet with clay spheres,
26.5cm diameter,
and a Maya shallow bowl, circa 330 - 600 BC, clay, painted a standing figure wearing an elaborate costume and with glyphs to the border, previously on tripod supports, 30.5cm diameter. (2)
Provenance
Fish - Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1993, lot 233.
Figure - UK Collection, acquired in the 1970s; Chiswick Auctions, London 27 June 2019, lot 166.
Romy Rey Collection, London.