Quinns Auction Winter 2022
The auction will be posted Wednesday April 5th and can be viewed on http://www.quinnsauction.com/ or www.liveauctioneers.com
A Temple Guardian Lion. Gilt bronze. Early 20th century. Thailand. 13" x 6 1/8" x 71/4". From a Bethesda, Maryland Private Collection. $200-400.
A Colima Melon Vessel. Pottery. 100 BCE to 200 CE. West Mexico. 7" x 9 7/8". From the Boeckman Collection. Dallas, Texas. $300-600.
A Moche Stirrup Vessel of man holding a cup. Ceramic, pigment. 200 to 500 CE. Peru. 9" x 4". From the Boeckman Collection. Dallas, Texas. Acquired 5/4/1970 through the Denver Art Museum. Ex-May Coll. St. Louis. $400-600.
A Moche Shaman Vessel with a jaguar headdress. Ceramic, pigment. 200 to 500 CE. North Coast Peru. 10 3/4" x 6 1/2". From the Boeckman Collection. Dallas, Texas. Acquired 5/4/1970 through the Denver Art Museum. Ex-May Coll. St. Louis. $300-500
A Moche Fine Line Stirrup Vessel depicting scenes between warriors and animal forms. Ceramic, pigment. Peru. 9 1/4" x 6". From the Boeckman Collection. Dallas, Texas. Acquired 5/4/1970 through the Denver Art Museum. Ex-May Coll. St. Louis. $300-500.
A Nayarit Female Figure sitting with hands on her legs. Pottery, pigment. West Mexico. 10 1/2" x 6 1/2". From the Boeckman Collection. Dallas, Texas. $260-500.
An Iraqw Beaded Skirt. Beads, natural fibers, and animal hide. North central Tanzania, East Africa. Frame: 61 5/8" x 38 3/4". Iraqw skirts are amongst the most elaborately decorated textiles from eastern Africa. Each skirt is unique, the design being a product of the skill of the individual maker and the resources available. Typically, the skirts consist of four panels made from cow- or goat-hide, with thousands of beads attached using lazy stitch to create the characteristic long bands and geometric motifs. In historic examples, the beads are usually white, red, blue and black, with some yellow; those made in later decades incorporate other colors, such as light blue and green. From the Estate of Giraud V. Foster, Baltimore, Maryland. $3000-5000.
A Songye Kifwebe Mask. Wood, feathers, pigment, and fibers. 20th century. Democratic Republic of the Congo. 46" x 12". From the Estate of Marshall and Shirley Jacobs, Germantown, Maryland. Featured in AmericanStyle Magazine, August 2005. $2000-4000.
A Dinga "Ngongo Munene" Mask. Copper. Democratic Republic of the Congo. 13" x 7 1/4" x 3 1/5". This mask is associated with a Dinga earth chief, and would have been used during funerals, commemorations, ceremonies, and initiation rights for young boys. Dinga Masks like this fine example are extremely rare. From a Texas Private Collection. $1500-2000.
