Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20th September 2023
Lot 1160
A Marajoaro vessel
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A Marajoaro vessel
Marajo Island, Brazil, circa 800 - 1400 AD
pottery, having a quatralobed body with double headed spouts, one with a small aperture and the other with a rim, having a white slip with sgraffito linear decoration,
28cm high.
Provenance
Collected by a UK academic living in Brazil in the 1950s.
Kenneth Mackay, London, 15 October 2019.
Romy Rey Collection, London.