Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 45
A Maya tortoise Mexico black clay
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £450
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Description
A Maya tortoise
Mexico
black clay, with applied beads and previously with a bowl surmount,
15cm long,
a Maya vessel with a relief mask, a Teotihuacan candelero, a Maya bowl fragment, a bird head fragment and a pair of figures. (7)
Provenance
Sir Peter Hope KCMG, 1912 - 1999, British Intelligence Officer and later Ambassador to Mexico 1968-72.