Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)
Lot 482:
Description
Pre-Columbian Figure Assortment
(3) items including a face mask having white painted eyes and (2) fragmentary heads having smiling faces (sonrientes) from Vera Cruz
Provenance: The Estate of George ‘Yorgo’ Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000
Property from: a Kalamazoo, Michigan estate
Height: 7 3/8 inches, Width: 7 inches (mask)
Condition: Good, moderate wear; fragmentary pieces; chips, cracks, nicks, fading paint loss and surface wear; manganese stain
Disclaimers: surface flaws consistent with this form of art; please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present
Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 4:45 pm CST
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Sales Tax: California (7.25%), Florida (6%), Georgia (8.5%), Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)
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Last modified: June 3, 2022, 9:04 am
Condition: Good, moderate wear; fragmentary pieces; chips, cracks, nicks, fading paint loss and surface wear; manganese stain
Dimensions: 7.375 x 7 in
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