Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017

Lot 34

A pair of Colima hunchback figure vessels Mexico earthenware with a red slip

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £400

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Description

A pair of Colima hunchback figure vessels

Mexico

earthenware with a red slip,

12cm high. (2)

Provenance

Sir Peter Hope KCMG, 1912 - 1999, British Intelligence Officer and later Ambassador to Mexico 1968-72.

Exhibited

Ancient Mesoamerica, Precolumbian Mexican and Maya Art, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 4th June to 31st July 1970. No's 87 and 88.