Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20th September 2023
Lot 1260
A Maya bust
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400
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Description
A Maya bust
Tiquisate, Guatemala, circa 250 - 750 AD
pottery, hollow of bell form, moulded as a female wearing a headdress, ear ornaments and necklace with a mask and discs to the shoulders,
22cm high,
and five Mexican pottery figures / bust, including one standing and pierced to the front and back and containing beads, 21.5cm, one cross legged and with an elaborate headdress, 24.8cm high, one seated and with earrings, 13cm high, one seated at the top of steps, 12cm high, and a female bust fragment, with an open headdress, 26cm high. (6)
Provenance
Tiquisate bust - J B Weymes, Battle, East Sussex.
Standing - Peter Sloane, London, 25 March 1993.
Romy Rey Collection, London.