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LOT 2326
Pre-Columbian Maya Stone Plaque with Figure
CLASSIC PERIOD, 3RD-9TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (167 grams, 11 cm).
Triangular in profile with rounded angles, obverse with reserved face in profile with nose and mouth forming one angle, single reserved eye, headdress with drilled pellets and reserved billets; reverse unworked. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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