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| Auction Closes At: |
10:15:00 02/24/2025 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
006. Chontal Diorite Face Mask |
| Estimate: |
$8,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$4,500.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$4,500.00 |
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| Category: |
Pre-Columbian Art
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| Sub Category: |
Mexico - Olmec and Pre-Classic Cultures
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| Culture or Country: |
Guerrero.
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| Period: |
Late Pre-classical Period, ca. 300 - 100 B.C.
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| Size: |
5-3/8”H. x 5-5/8”W. |
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| Description: |
Carved creamy bluish-green diorite stone face mask, having relief carved facial features, heavy brow line and carved openwork eyes. Biconical drilled attachment holes in each of the four corners. A very minor ancient flake on his left lower eye, otherwise intact, exc. cond. Custom bronze base. A very nice example.
Literature: Carlo Gay, Chontal, pl. ?
Expertise: Verbal – Carlo Gay.
Comp: At the Heart of Pre-Columbian Art, Geiger Collection, Milan, 2003, fig. 84, p. 137. |
| Provenance: |
From the Collection of Michael Fuchs, NY. Collected in the 1980’s - 1990’s.
John Elliot Collection, 1950’s - 1960’s.
Judith Small Gallery, 1960’s, acquired from Matthias Komor, New York.
Sotheby’s, NYC., 11/19/1990, lot 146. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$55.00 |
| International: |
$125.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Chontal Diorite Face Mask
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