Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20th September 2023
Lot 1156
A Chupicuaro standing female figure
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £1000
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Description
A Chupicuaro standing female figure
Mexico, circa 500 BC - 100 AD
pottery, hollow with an incised banded headdress, pierced eyes and ears and with an open mouth with sharp teeth, with short arms and with a cream colour ground and red pigment decoration to the top of the head, face and body,
43cm high, on a stand. (2)
Provenance
Anne-Marie Reinhart, Zurich, with a thermoluminesence certificate from Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany, dated 10th December 1986.
Romy Rey Collection, London.