Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20th September 2023

Lot 1220

Four Chupicuaco standing figures

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £400

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Description

Four Chupicuaco standing figures
Mexico, circa 500 - 200 BC
pottery, with pigment highlights,
8.7cm, 9.8cm,10cm and 10.5cm high, on stands. (8)

Provenance
Sphere on headdress - Anne-Marie Reinhart, Zurich.
The other three - Sir Peter Hope KCMG, 1912 - 1999. British Intelligence Officer and later Ambassador to Mexico, 1968 - 72. Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 1st March 2017, lot 37.
Romy Rey Collection, London.