Lot Essay
Cf. Geiger Collection, pl. 84.
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LATE PRECLASSIC, CA. 300-100 B.C.
Details
A CHONTAL STONE MASK
Late Preclassic, ca. 300-100 B.C.
Of square shape with rounded chin, prototypical jutting cheeks within the wide facial plane, deeply pierced mouth and eyes under arched brows; in green and cream speckled stone, pierced twice on each side of the head.
Height 7 5/8 in. (19 cm.)
Late Preclassic, ca. 300-100 B.C.
Of square shape with rounded chin, prototypical jutting cheeks within the wide facial plane, deeply pierced mouth and eyes under arched brows; in green and cream speckled stone, pierced twice on each side of the head.
Height 7 5/8 in. (19 cm.)
Provenance
Carlo Gay Collection
Literature
Carlo and Robin Gay, Chontal, Geneva, 2001, pl. 93.
Exhibited
Paris, Figures de Pierre: L'Art du Guerrero dans le Mexique Précolombien, Musée de la Seita, October 2-November 21, 1992, fig. 138.