Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Terracotta Head

500-100 B.C.

2 1/8 in. (31.5 grams total, 55 mm including stand).

Ellipsoid in section with applied band to the hair, slit eyes and mouth, pinched nose; with old dealer's ticket 'Pre-Columbian Mexico Michoacan pottery head'; mounted on a stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from John L. Homan, Lincolnshire, UK, 1989.

Accompanied by the original receipt dated 27 October 1984.
Accompanied by an original, old handwritten collector's iidentification tag.

Literature

See Wuthenau, A., Terracotta Pottery in Pre-Columbian Central and South America, Greystone Press, New York, 1965, p. 152, for similar examples.

CONDITION

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LOT 2737