Lot 94
  • 94

Colima, Mexico, Proto-Classic, 100 BC - 250 AD

Estimate
1,000 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Vessel in the Form of a Dog
  • terracotta
  • 25.4 by 33cm., 10 by 13in.

Exhibited

Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum, The Stanley J. Seeger Jr. Collection, 1961, no.158, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Scattered wear and surface scratches throughout. The proper left ear broken and glued at the join to the head; both front legs, and the proper right back leg broken and glued at the join to the body. Some re-painting over the repairs.
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