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LOT 2228
Pre-Columbian Toltec Terracotta Anthropomorphic Vessel
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (221 grams, 15 cm high).
Formed as a squash-shaped female figure with pierced ears, a storage jar attached to her back with a band wrapped around her head, the mouth of the model vessel also forming the mouth of the larger vessel, her arms raised to her temples; some remains of polychrome detailing.
Provenance
Acquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
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