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A FINE OLMEC POLYCHROME LONG NECKED VESSEL
Anthropos Gallery
This intriguing work of Olmec art has a long neck with a flared opening, with an encircling tan colored band emanating ribbing in relief upon the red-slipped globular body, and remains of black pigment along each "rib" creating a handsomely burnished vase with copious ancient root markings within the beautiful surface patina. Sold with bill of sale from Stendahl Gallery, Hollywood, California which shows the price paid on May 31, 1990 was $4,270.
$2,950.00
Artwork details
Origin
Unknown Olmec Civilization artist, Guerrero, Mexico, Early to Middle Formative Period, 1200 B.C.- 900 B.C.
Dimension
H 10.75IN x DIA 9IN
H 27.305CM x DIA 22.86CM
Provenance
1) Stendahl Gallery, Hollywood, California, 1960s.
2) The Frederick Waingrow Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Los Angeles, California. Sold with copy of receipt which shows he paid $4,000 plus tax in 1990 for this object.
Condition
Mint