Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022

Lot 119

A Maya large urn fragment

Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £650

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Description

A Maya large urn fragment

Mexico, circa 550 - 950 AD

pottery, modelled with head of a jaguar within the gaping jaws of the jaguar god, with red, yellow, black and white pigment,

45cm high, 43cm wide, mounted on a stand. (2)

Provenance

Bonhams, Oxford, 17 June 2009, lot 440.

Romy Rey Collection, London.