Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 123
A Zapotec figure urn
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1700
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Description
A Zapotec figure urn
Mexico, circa 500 - 800 AD
pottery, depicting Cocijo, seated wearing an ornate headdress, ear ornaments and an apron with carved glyphs, with hands placed on his knees, with a cylindrical body,
41cm high.
Provenance
Private Collection, London, collected from the late 1950s through to the 1970s, from the London art market.
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 3 April 2012, lot 779.
Romy Rey Collection, London.