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

Lot 1259

A Maya mask fragment

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £200

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Description

A Maya mask fragment
Mexico, circa 250 - 900 AD
pottery, with pierced eyes,
15cm high, with a stand,
two Bahia pottery masks, Ecuador, circa 500 BC - 500 AD, with traces of pigment, 8.5cm and 9.5cm high, both with stands, and a Mexican pottery mask, with attachment holes to the forehead, 9cm high, on a perspex stand. (7)

Provenance
smaller Bahia mask - Galeria Cano, Quito, Ecuador, 7 November 1980.
Romy Rey Collection, London.