Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)

Pre-Columbian Nayarit 'Chinesco' Figures

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

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Pre-Columbian Nayarit ‘Chinesco’ Figures

Solid bodied, having burnished red on white slip decoration, seated, having legs splayed

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: 11 5/8 inches, Width: 10 inches, Depth: 4 1/2 inches (figure having banding texture on neck (larger))

Condition: Good, overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use; larger having repairs at neck and hip, a loss to necklace; smaller having repaired ear

Disclaimers: 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: 5:03 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 17, 2022, 2:53 pm

Condition: Good, overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use; larger having repairs at neck and hip, a loss to necklace; smaller having repaired ear

Dimensions: 11.75 x 9.75 x 5 in