Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 82

The Fall Manuscript, Collectibles, Stamp and Space Memorabilia Auction

Pre-Columbian and India Artifacts

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1456		Columbia. Pre-Columbian Armadillo Figure, ca. 900 BC. A large stylized figure of an armadillo in grey pottery. Product of the Quillasinga civilization. Completely intact and free of repairs. Height: 6"; Length: 5 ½"; Width: 7". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex Grant Collection Beverly Hills, CA; Found in Las Cruces Minicipal Ipiales Narino, South Columbia; Purchased in Bogatá, Columbia 1971. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $384
Lot 1457		Columbia. Pre-Columbian Fat Man Figure, ca. 900 BC. This early South American statuette is of a anthropomorphized fat man with is head up and mouth wide open. Product of the Quillasinga civilization. Intact. Height: 4 ½"; Length: 4". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Ex Grant Collection Beverly Hills, CA, Found in Las Cruces Minicipal Ipiales Narino, South Columbia; Purchased in Bogatá, Columbia 1971. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $264
Lot 1458		Costa Rica. Pre-Columbian Gold Pectoral, 10+ Kt Gold (159.7 gm), ca. 11th - 16th Century AD. A large gold pectoral piece of two male anthropomorphic creatures playing musical instruments. There is a decorative border of braided gold around the two creatures that has eight working bells attached and twelve double spirals attached. Height: 3 ½"; Length: 6". Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. Ex Grant Collection Beverly Hills, CA, ca. 1970's; Purchased from Superior Galleries, March 1973. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $9,900
Lot 1459		Costa Rica. Pre-Columbian Frog God Pendant, 10 Kt Gold (60.7 gm), ca. 11th - 16th Century AD. This large pendant of a anthropomorphic frog-god holding a hoop, decorated with spirals. Small section of hoop is missing. Height: 3 ¾"; Length: 3 ¼". Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,400. Ex Grant Collection Beverly Hills, CA; Purchased from Superior Galleries, March 1973. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,800
Lot 1460		Costa Rica. Pre-Columbian Eagle Pendant, 10 Kt Gold (58.3 gm), ca. 11th - 16th Century AD. This pendant is of a stylized eagle with spread wings. The eagle is oramented with spiral earrings and a six band necklace. Some damage and repair. Height: 4"; Width: 4 ¼". Estimated Value $500 - 750. Ex Grant Collection Beverly Hills, CA; Purchased from Superior Galleries, March 1973. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,840
Lot 1461		Guatamala, Maya (El Peten), Altar de Sacrificos. Pre-Columbian Jade Face (Cry-Baby), ca. AD 600-900. From the "Classic" era of Mesoamerican art. It is a 'cry-baby' with a jaguar jaw stile. Possibly worn as breast decoration by noblemen, holes by the ears and back of head for attachments. Mounted on custom stand. A wonderfully shaped and smoothed large piece of jade. Height: 4"; Width: 3". Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex Grant Collection Beverly Hills, CA; Acquired in Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala, May 1971. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $830
Lot 1462		Indian, Gandharan. Schist High Relief Fragment, ca. 2nd-4th Century AD. This fragment of schist is carved with four figures. Two of the figures stand in the center foreground, on left is a woman dressed in long flowing robes wrapping herself, right, is a man with one hand on his head and the other holds a cup from which he drinks. They are standing under a ornamented pointed arch with volute ends from which pinecones hang. On each volute stands a nude male attendant, looking inward. Signs of repairs to the arcade, but not visible from the front. On easel. Height: 10 ½"; Length: 9"; Width: 2 ½". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $700 - 800. Ex Grant Collection Beverly Hills, CA, ca. 1970's. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,230
Lot 1463		India, Burmese. Gilded Teak Buddha, ca. 17th Century. This statue of Buddha is carved from a teak tree and was once completely painted in gold gilt. He is seated on a lotus flower with his legs crossed and arms in Bhumisparsha Mudra position, one hand resting upward and the other reaching forward to touch the ground. This position refers to the calling of the Earth to bear witness the moment he reached Enlightenment. Height: 17"; Length: 8"; Width: 5". Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex Grant Collection Beverly Hills, CA; Purchased in Hawaii July 1976. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $252
Lot 1464		Mexico, Vera Cruz. Pre-Columbian Ceramic Head. Head mounted on hanging board for display. Ears pierced with gauge earrings forming an 'X'. Height: 6 ½"; Width: 7". Buyer responsible for third party shipping. Call to make arrangements. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. Ex Collection of Leo Steinberg, acquired in the 1960's. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1465		Peru. Incan Silver Mirror, ca. AD 1000-1450. A late Incan silver mirror of a heavy and solid construction the handle with rectangular profile and rounded base, the rounded end pounded flat and polished, a central hole (perhaps for suspension or for a decorative applique). Intact with the front side cleaned and re-polished; the back side, original patina. A rare survivor of the Spanish period. Mounted on custom base. Height: 12 ¼". Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,300. Ex property from the Collection of Marjorie and Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois, acquired in 1969. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold