Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022

Lot 178

A Guanacaste footed vessel

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £420

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Description

A Guanacaste footed vessel

Nicoya, Costa Rica, circa 1000 - 1550 AD

pottery, globular with a flared foot, painted four warriors, each holding a spear and wearing a long feathered headdress, two in red and two in black, within dot and linear borders,

22cm high.

Provenance

Banks - Primitive, Inc, Maryland, USA, 30 September 1994.

Romy Rey Collection, London.