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| Auction Closes At: |
11:05:01 02/28/2025 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
016. Tlatilco Terracotta Masquette |
| Estimate: |
$3,000-5,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$0.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$0.00 |
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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: |
Tlatilco.
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| Period: |
Pre-classic Period, ca. 1200 - 500 B.C.
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| Size: |
4-1/4”H. x 4-7/8”W. |
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| Description: |
Fine small pottery maskette having openwork eyes and mouth, relief nose, wearing a painted red and white striped cap or hairdo, with a raised brim. Face with traces of red and white striped pigment. Three perforations in his cap for attachment. Strong scattered mineral deposits on the surface. Left ear restored, otherwise intact, exc. cond. A very nice example. Custom lucite base.
Comp: The Jaguar’s Children, Museum of Primitive Art, 1965, no. 165, p. 90. |
| Provenance: |
From the Collection of Michael Fuchs, NY. Collected in the 1980’s - 1990’s.
Judith Small Gallery, late 1960’s, purchased from M. Leof, one of two, the other in the Miles Lourie Collection. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$53.00 |
| International: |
$110.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Tlatilco Terracotta Masquette
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