PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME FIGURE NICOYA COSTA RICA EX SOTHEBY \'79
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PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME FIGURE NICOYA COSTA RICA EX SOTHEBY \'79:
$1595.00
Here is an elaborately painted and highly burnished polychrome kneeling
female figure posed with arms looped to the hips; the headdress and bodyare painted with complex brown-and-red-on-cream linear and geometric
designs and the vent-hole is positioned behind the head.
6” (15.2 cm) x 3.75” (9.5 cm) x 3\" (7.6 cm) This splendid figure is in
excellent condition.
MORA POLYCHROME FIGURE, GUABAL TYPE
Guanacaste/Nicoya Zone, Costa Rica
Middle Polychrome Period, 600 C.E. - 1000 C.E.
Comparables: Detroit Institute of Art, 1981. \"Between Continents/Between Seas: Pre-Columbian Art of Costa Rica.\" page 47, plate 16;
Dockstader, Frederick J. 1964. \"Indian Arts of Central America.\" Cory, Adams and Mackay, London, figure 158;
Von Winning, Hasso. 1968. \"Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America.\" Abrams, NY. page 362, figure 523.
This seller has been a conscientious collector anddedicated scholar of New World antiquities for over a half-century.
He hascomplied with UNESCO, federal/local legislation and never consciously acquired,traded in or sold illicitly recovered antiquities. If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, this artwork may be returned as shipped within 30 days of purchase for a purchase price refund
minus a 10% re-stocking fee for return of item in original condition; buyer pays return shipping and insurance.
GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITYThe authenticity of this artifact is fully guaranteed by the seller, scholar and Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers (retired),
certified Specialist in Pre-Columbian Art.
Your artifact will be carefully packed, insured and promptly shipped with a signed and registered
Certificate ofAuthenticity that includes a picture, description and date of the item.
$38.- shipping, \"Delivery Confirmation\" trackingservice and insurance within continental U.S.A.
NY residents add8.63% sales tax.
buyers with fewer than ten (or private) \"response\" listings must contact seller before offerding to verify ID or offer may be declined.Overseas buyer, add $95 shipping. Customs cost is the sole responsibility of the buyer.
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CAVEAT EMPTOR: The prospective buyer is advised to acquire New World antiquities ONLY from recognized Pre-Columbian Art specialists and be prepared to pay a legitimate price for authentic antiquities with legal provenance and bona-fide guarantees of authenticity. A “Certificate of Authenticity” is only as valid as the issuer’s credentials and expertise. Unrealistically low prices for forgeries, reproductions, pastiches, illegal or mis-attributed artifacts offered by uninformed or venal vendors represent neither true \"bargains\" nor wise fiscal investments.
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PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME FIGURE NICOYA COSTA RICA EX SOTHEBY \'79:
$1595.00