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| Auction Closes At: |
11:37:00 02/27/2023 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
032. Olmec Onyx Figure in Vessel |
| Estimate: |
$2,000-$3,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$7,500.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$7,500.00 |
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| Category: |
Pre-Columbian Art
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| Sub Category: |
Mexico - Olmec and Pre-Classic Cultures
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| Culture or Country: |
Las Bocas.
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| Period: |
Ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
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| Size: |
3-1/2”H. x 3-1/2”D. |
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| Description: |
Carved onyx hunchback figure in bowl, said to have been found together. The surfaces of the figure and bowl are eroded with losses, it is safe to assume they were once as highly polished. The vessel is filled with a now hardened cinnabar, which was frequently used in the Formative period burials, liberally covering the body and funerary objects. Buried caches of objects at La Venta were deposited in layers of cinnabar and red sand. The placement of the hunchbacked dwarf in the vessel may be an effigy burial. A rare and very interesting example. Some ancient loss to the interior of the figure’s left leg, and having overall surface erosion. The bowl has eroded side walls and surface, with losses. |
| Provenance: |
John Stokes Jr. collection, acquired July 1959 from Kampfer Gallery. Published in “The Olmec World - Ritual and Rulership, p. 223, #121.
Exhibited: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 12/16/95 to 2/25/96.
Exhibited: The Museum of Arts, Houston, TX., 4/14/96 to 6/9/96. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$52.00 |
| International: |
$110.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Olmec Onyx Figure in Vessel
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BIDDER |
BID |
QTY |
Original Bid Time |
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Rolling Stone |
$7,500.00 |
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2/27/2023 11:29:43 AM |
| 2. |
Tim |
$7,250.00 |
1 |
2/27/2023 11:25:27 AM |
| 3. |
Rolling Stone |
$7,000.00 |
1 |
2/27/2023 11:24:00 AM |
| 4. |
Tim |
$6,750.00 |
1 |
2/27/2023 11:17:22 AM |
| 5. |
Rolling Stone |
$6,500.00 |
1 |
2/27/2023 11:15:37 AM |
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