Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 122
A Veracruz seated female figure
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A Veracruz seated female figure
Mexico, circa 500 -700 AD
pottery, wearing an ornate headdress and ear plugs, with applied bead pupils and an open mouth, wearing a torque and ribbon tied bells to the arms, and an long skirt, with traces of bitumen to the headdress and red to the back of the skirt,
39.5cm high.
Provenance
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Tribal Art, 11 February 2014, lot 541.
Romy Rey Collection, London.