Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 57

An Aztec pottery head of Chalchiuhtlicue with a folded headdress

Estimate £200 - £300

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Description

An Aztec pottery head of Chalchiuhtlicue

with a folded headdress, disc earrings and raised outline eyes and lips, the back inscribed Xochiquetzal, Late Aztec, Burland, B.M.,

7.5cm wide,

and an Aztec figure of Atlcuye, with hand written identification label to the back, 6cm high. (2)

Provenance

George and Florangel Lambor collection.