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

Lot 162

A Colima seated male figure

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £500

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Description

A Colima seated male figure

Mexico, circa 100 BC - 250 AD

pottery, with a spout to the top of the head and wearing a spiked headdress and a crescent pectoral, with incised chevron decoration and holding a shell trumpet,

32cm high.

Provenance

Private Collection, London, formed through the 1950s to 1970s from Sotheby;s, Christie's and the London Art market.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 3 April 2012, lot 774.

Romy Rey Collection, London.