Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20th September 2023
Lot 1264
A Tlapacoya torso
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £400
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Description
A Tlapacoya torso
Mexico, circa 1100 - 500 BC
pottery, with one half of the headdress having incised linear decoration, recessed eyes with pinched pupils, pierced nostrils and an open mouth, with a pierced navel,
24cm high, on a stand. (2)
Provenance
Banks - Primitive, Inc., Maryland, USA, 30th September 1994.
Romy Rey Collection, London.