Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
07-08 July 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/601
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    292 293 294 299 300 301 302 303 304 33 Second Day A Bottle, shaped as a crescent, the sides divided into oblong panels, loop handle with a bird on it, upright spout, 9in. 1 A Bottle, formed as a man seated on his haunches, arms folded on his knees, asleep, with head turned to his left, loop handle and spout, 647n. [Pl. IV] 1 A Vase, formed as an owl and owlet side by side, the mother bird holding in her claws a dead rat or mouse, the neck broken away, 8% in. 1 A Bottle, formed as the head and neck of a man with ears pierced for earrings, wearing a high head-dress on which are three beetles in relief, short spout, 637m. 1 A Bottle, formed as the head of a jaguar, loop handle but no spout, 5477. | 1 A Bottle, formed as a striped animal resting on its haunches, loop handle and spout, 8 77. 1 A tall Jar, oval body, as the figure of a man squatting holding a cup in both hands, the face painted in black on white on the neck, which has a small handle, 154 én. 1 A Jar, shaped as a very globular man on two feet, the arms in relief in front, hands holding a stick and a bottle, broad neck with rim, 10 27. 1 A Jar, compressed globular, with three birds in relief on the sides, divided by bands of painted lines and circles, broad tapering neck, 7 77. 1 A Bottle, formed as a man seated on his haunches with arms folded across his chest, the face with a wistful expression, handle and spout missing, 7} 7m. [Pl IV] 1 A Bottle, formed as an owl-headed man seated ona throne, 7 in. ; and another as an animal-headed man seated, 7 77. ; both without handle and spout 9 A Bottle, formed as an old man seated cross-legged with hands on his knees, 7 7z. ; and another of a woman in the same position, with a bundle tied across her shoulders, 54 in. ; both minus handle and spout 2 A Bottle, formed as an animal sprawling over an egg-shaped vessel, 84 in.; and another as a monkey on all fours on an
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