Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20 Sep 2023
A Colima seated figure vessel
A Colima seated figure vessel
Mexico, circa 100 BC - 250 AD
pottery, with a side fin and horn coiffure, a spout to the back of the head and with his hands clenching his cheeks, the lower back with a protrusion, collection sticker 48 to the back,
30cm high.
Provenance
London collection of Pre-Columbian art, collected over 20-30 years, from the late 1950s to the 1970s, mostly from Sotheby's, Christie's and the London art market.
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Tribal Art, 3 April 2012, lot 777.
Romy Rey Collection, London.