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Sat, Nov 8, 2025 02:00PM EST
Lot 538

(2) Mexican Ceramic Spring Altar Figures

Estimate: $80 - $150
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Pair of Mexican ceramic spring altar figures or "chia pets" from Santa Maria Atzompa, Oaxaca, with scored bodies meant to hold chia seeds, with one deer, and one goose, circa 20th century

height 6.5 in. x width 3.25 in. x depth 7 in. / largest 

Provenance: Property from the noted Latin American arts collection of David & Linda Caplan of Tucson, Arizona and Malibu, California

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