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LOT 2479
Pre-Columbian Aztec Terracotta Head
CIRCA 250-400 A.D.
3 3/4 in. (103 grams, 94 mm).
Mask with elaborate tiered headdress and ear-plugs; modelled in the half-round; old label to reverse '3012.025.96 Ancient Mexico AD 250650'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in 1996 from Antient & Oriental.
From the Richard Cotterill collection.
Acquired at auction in the early 2000s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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