Arms & Armour, Antique Firearms, Antiquities
By Scollard Auctions
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Feb 29, 2024
Brea, California, United States
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Auction featuring arms and armour, antique firearms, pre-Columbian antiquities, fossils and minerals, Asian art and much more.
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LOT 176:
Costa Rican Pottery Trophy Head, 300 - 500 AD
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Start price:
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275
Estimated price :
$600 - $900
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Costa Rican Pottery Trophy Head, 300 - 500 AD
Imposing terracotta pottery figural trophy head pot with headdress. Relief features including wide ears, pointed chiseled jawline, triangular protruding nose, and almost shaped eyes with slit mouth. Delicate tan painted details throughout. Size 5 1/2" H x 7" W x 6" L
ex-collection of Stanley L. Kaufman, a Harvard educated lawyer who specialized in bringing suits on behalf of corporations' disgruntled stockholders, died in 1993 at the age of 81. He was a staff attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission before World War II, then served in the Army in Europe and rose to captain. In 1946 he became a founding partner in his law firm, Kaufman Malchman, Kaufmann & Kirby, which had branches in NYC and Los Angeles
Condition: Minor ancient chip to foot else in great condition.
