Neal Auction 2012

W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com 127 576. A Pre-Columbian Pottery Female Figure , c. 550-900, Maya, Jaina, mold-made figure modeled standing with her hands clasped together at her chest, wearing a cowl headdress, large ear spools, a long bead necklace with zoomorphic pendant, and a finely incised patterned robe, height 10 1/4 in.; accompanied by a fair market and replacement valuation by Frank Aon, Orenda: Investigation and Analysis of Artifacts and Antiquities, Santa Fe, NM. $2000/3000 Provenance: Sotheby’s, December 5, 1981, lot 204; Sotheby’s, May 15 2003, lot 257; to present owner. Illustrated: von Winning, Hass, The John Platt Collection of Pre- Columbian Art , Charlottesville, The University of Virginia Art Museum, 1986, p. 67, fig. 125. 571. Noel Rockmore (American/New Orleans, 1928- 1995) , “Blind Singer/Egyptian Figures”, “Egyptian Figures/Footprints”, “Egyptian Figures/ Footprints II”, “Egyptian Figures on Grid”, “Bird Man on Grid”, five pen and ink drawings on paper, some with watercolor, 8 1/2 in. x 11 in., 11 3/8 in. x 8 1/2 in., 14 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in., 11 1/2 in. x 9 in., 11 in. x 8 1/2 in. respectively, all framed. $1200/1800 572. James Michalopoulos (American/New Orleans, b. 1950) , “French Quarter Street Scene”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 38 in. x 54 in., framed. $5000/7000 W 573. Spanish Colonial School, late 18th/early 19th c ., “Madonna and Child”, oil on canvas, unsigned, 30 in. x 24 in., framed. $400/600 W 574. Spanish Colonial School, 19th c ., a group of three retablos: “The Crucifixion, with The Virgin and St. John The Evangelist”, oil on tin, Spanish inscription at bottom center, sight 13 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in.; “The Crucifixion”, oil on tin, sight 9 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.; “The Trinity”, oil on tin, sight 12 3/4 in. x 9 in.; all in carved wood frames. $800/1200 W 575. Spanish Colonial School, 19th c ., group of four retablos: “The Trinity”, oil on tin, signed “Fernandez” lower right, sight 13 1/4 in. x 9 in.; “The Madonna”, oil on tin, sight 10 in. x 7 in.; “St. John The Baptist”, oil on tin, sight 13 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in.; “St. Anthony”, oil on tin, illegibly inscribed upper left, sight 12 in. x 8 1/2 in.; all in matching carved wood frames. $700/900 577. A Pre- Columbian Pottery Figure of a “Pole Placer” , c. 250- 950, Veracruz, male figure modeled standing upright with arms outstretched gripping a long pole, dressed in elaborate ritual costume and an ornate removable headdress, figure height 7 3/8 in., headdress height 5 1/4 in., overall height 9 1/2 in., accompanied by a fair market and replacement valuation by Frank Aon, Orenda: Investigation and Analysis of Artifacts and Antiquities, Santa Fe, NM. $2000/3000 Provenance: Acquired Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, December 8, 2003, lot 3019. 571 (1 of 5) 576 577 572