Marc Schmitt Estate + Ancient / Ethnographica

Maya Polychrome Vessel - 3 Figures, Jaguar, Snakes

Fossilized Green River Palm Frond Inlaid w/ Fish

Dearborn Painting - Torch Fire Still Burning (2007)

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Marc Schmitt Estate + Ancient / Ethnographica

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Since the 1990s Marc Schmitt was the owner / founder of Amiguet's Ancient Art, a name known all too well in the area of Pre-Columbian Art. Marc's appreciation of both Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial cultures came from his grandfather, Louis Amiguet who emigrated to the US from Guatemala before 1950. Many of Marc's most cherished treasures were objects his grandfather passed down to him even before Marc began his career as an antiquarian. Sadly, Marc passed away earlier this year from natural causes. Marc left an incredible array of objects from cultures all over the world, but most especially exceptional examples of Pre-Columbian art from Central America, South America and Mexico. This auction will also feature a wide variety of classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Rome and the Near East, as well as Asian Art, Native American, Fossils and Fine Art.

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Tall Veracruz Pottery Seated Female Coast Watcher: Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz), ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A sizable example of a pottery woman acting as a coast watcher. Her seated pose and slight forward lean keep her

0075: Tall Veracruz Pottery Seated Female Coast WatcherEst. $1,600-$2,400

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Veracruz El Faisan Bichrome Figural Jar: Pre-Columbian, Veracruz, East Mexico, El Faisan type, Classic period, ca 300 to 600 CE. A charming pottery jar in the form of a rotund figure with squinting eyes and a gaping mouth - suggestive of

0075A: Veracruz El Faisan Bichrome Figural JarEst. $600-$900

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Olmec Blackware Duck Effigy Vessel, TL Tested: Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Las Bocas, Olmec, ca. 700 to 300 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of an endearing duck. The duck sits upon its petite feet, which are incised to delineate

0076: Olmec Blackware Duck Effigy Vessel, TL TestedEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

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Michoacan Pottery Standing Pretty Lady: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic Period, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A hand-built pottery figure of a female 'pretty lady' standing atop slender, delineated legs. The woman presents nude

0077: Michoacan Pottery Standing Pretty LadyEst. $450-$675

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Pre-Columbian Chontal Stone Mask Deity / Shaman: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Chontal, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A fascinating greenstone mask likely depicting a deity or shaman likely in the act of transformation due to its mesmerizing gaze with

0078: Pre-Columbian Chontal Stone Mask Deity / ShamanEst. $1,500-$2,500

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Guerrero Chontal Greenstone Head Pendant: Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal culture, ca. 800 to 300 BCE. A hand-carved greenstone head of sizable form with pleasingly smooth surfaces and abstract physiognomy. Eyebrows

0078A: Guerrero Chontal Greenstone Head PendantEst. $800-$1,200

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Maya Copador Polychrome Olla Hero Twins Swimmers: Pre-Columbian, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished jar showing the Maya Hero Twins - Xbalanque and Hunahpu - as swimmers. A band

0079: Maya Copador Polychrome Olla Hero Twins SwimmersEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone Standing Figure: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved greenstone figure of intriguing form bearing delineated arms, legs, and waistline. The enlarged

0080: Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone Standing FigureEst. $1,000-$1,500

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0080A: Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone Standing FigureEst. $800-$1,200

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Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone Seated Figure: Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved greenstone figure of abstract presentation bearing mottled green and black hues. The figure

0080B: Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone Seated FigureEst. $900-$1,400

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Large Mezcala Guerrero Stone Funerary Mask: Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal, Late Preclassic period, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A fantastic and substantial example of a stone carving from Guerrero, Mexico, a region best known

0081: Large Mezcala Guerrero Stone Funerary MaskEst. $1,500-$2,200

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Chavin Stone Nude Anthropomorphic Figure w/ 3 Faces: Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1000 to 500 BCE. A fabulous stone sculpture of an anthropomorph displaying 3 faces: one on his huge head, another flanked by his arms, and legs, and

0082: Chavin Stone Nude Anthropomorphic Figure w/ 3 FacesEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

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Chancay Red Gauze Textile w/ San Pedro Cactus Motif: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A colorful loosely woven gauze or lace like textile panel made from cotton and camelid wool (alpaca or llama) with a repeated San Pedro cactus cross

0083: Chancay Red Gauze Textile w/ San Pedro Cactus MotifEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Large and Colorful Inca Textile Tunic: Pre-Columbian, central highlands of Peru, Inca culture, ca. 1350 to 1500 CE. By far the most well known and "popular" of the pre-contact South American cultures, the Inca were also perhaps the most

0084: Large and Colorful Inca Textile TunicEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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Proto-Nazca Textile Tunic w/ Lozenge & Steppe Motifs: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Proto-Nazca, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A beautiful textile tunic made from woven camelid fiber to display a rectangular form adorned with a central lozenge motif in hues

0085: Proto-Nazca Textile Tunic w/ Lozenge & Steppe MotifsEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Moche I Pottery Figural Vessel - Seated Lord King: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase I, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A hand-built pottery figural vessel depicting a lord king seated with crossed legs, both hands atop bent knees, while

0086: Moche I Pottery Figural Vessel - Seated Lord KingEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Moche V Fineline Pottery Stirrup Vessel w/ Bird Men: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, El Moro de Peten, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel of carinated form atop a petite foot with a bulging upper

0087: Moche V Fineline Pottery Stirrup Vessel w/ Bird MenEst. $3,000-$4,500Lot Passed

Viru Pottery Vessel w/ House & Negative Resist Motifs: Pre-Columbian, Northwest Coast Peru, Viru culture, ca. 100 BCE to 600 CE. A remarkable pottery vessel comprised of 2 chambers - a cuboid chamber surmounted by a 2-story house and a spherical chamber

0088: Viru Pottery Vessel w/ House & Negative Resist MotifsEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

11 Sican-Lambayeque Silver Pectoral Components: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A stunning ensemble of 11 pectoral components, 9 of a convex, discoid form and 2 in the shape of maskettes, all

0089: 11 Sican-Lambayeque Silver Pectoral ComponentsEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed

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Prehistoric Chilean Atacama Desert Limestone Idol: South America, Chile, Atacama Desert, ca. 7000 to 5000 BCE. A rare limestone carving from the pre-ceramic era, in a human or bird-like form, from the Atacama Desert Plateau west of the Andes

0091: Prehistoric Chilean Atacama Desert Limestone IdolEst. $1,600-$2,400

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Valdivian Pottery Female Idol Bust: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A lovely pottery sculpture of a stylized female bust dominated by a heavy, helmet-like coiffure atop a petite face with incised eyes

0092: Valdivian Pottery Female Idol BustEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Colima Redware Effigy Vessel - Conjoined Dogs: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery sculpture of an incredibly rare form composed of two emaciated canines that are conjoined

0093: Colima Redware Effigy Vessel - Conjoined DogsEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Nayarit Polychrome Warrior Figure w/ Weapons, Ex Arte: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An intimidating pottery warrior fiercely wielding a paddle in his right hand and stick weapons in his left. Wearing a conical helmet and

0094: Nayarit Polychrome Warrior Figure w/ Weapons, Ex ArteEst. $1,400-$2,100

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Rare Nayarit Pottery Double Dog Vessel: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit / Chinesco, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A delightful pottery vessel in the form of a double-headed dog adorned in red and beige pigments. The symmetrical animal stands

0095: Rare Nayarit Pottery Double Dog VesselEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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