前哥伦布时期Pre Columbian Art 玛雅石面具

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前哥伦布时期Pre Columbian Art 玛雅石面具

参考：佳士得
November 10 | Live Auction 19339
Pre-Columbian Art & Taino Masterworks from the Fiore Arts Collection
Lot 136
MASQUE
TEOTIHUACAN
MASQUE TEOTIHUACAN
CLASSIQUE, ENV. 450-650 AP. J.-C.

Estimate EUR 2,000 – EUR 4,000

MASQUE TEOTIHUACAN
CLASSIQUE, ENV. 450-650 AP. J.-C.

MASQUE
TEOTIHUACAN
CLASSIQUE, ENV. 450-650 AP. J.-C.
Pierre beige
Hauteur : 13 cm. (5 1/8 in.)

Provenance
Collection privée européenne, depuis les années 1970

Post lot text
TEOTIHUACAN STONE MASK
The wide facial plane with sunken eyes inlaid with pierced shell, pupils also once inlaid; pierced at the sides of the head for suspension.

Lot Essay
Masque percé sur les côtés pour suspension et représentant un large visage aux yeux en creux incrustés de coquillages percés et dont les pupilles étaient autrefois incrustées.

參考：BONHAMS
African, Oceanic and
Pre-Columbian Art
Including the Scott and Stuart Gentling Collection
Wednesday November 12, 2014
New York
96
Aztec Head of a Young Man, ca.

A.D. 1470-1521
Gray volcanic stone
height 6 3/8in (16.2cm)
Originally part of a full figure, with naturalistic
features, the ears pierced, the mouth slightly
open and with a low-cut coiffure.
Provenance
Edward D. Sternat, New York
New England Private Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, November 15, 1994,
Lot 172
Acquired from the above
Cf. Aztecs, pl. 48
$5,000 – 7,000

參考：Pre Columbian Art
Central Mexico
Stone
10890. Superb Aztec Stone Male Head probably Xipe Totec
Mexico, Ca. 1470-1521 AD.

Expressively rendered basalt carved head with beautiful, sensitive naturalistic features, almond eyes once inlaid, the ears pierced, the mouth slightly open and with a low-cut coiffure.

Ex Scott and Stuart Gentling Collection; Ex Edward D. Sternat, New York; Ex New England Private Collection Acquired Sotheby’s, New York, November 15, 1994, Lot 172. Ex Sotheby‘s Parke Bernet N.Y. May 12th 1979, lot 278.

Size: 6 3/8 inches (16.2cm) height + custom mount.

Similar piece can be found in Von Kuste Zu Kuste (From Coast to Coast: Pre-Columbian Sculptures from Mesoamerica) by authors Leyenaar, van Bussel, and Weber, 1992, p.380.

Super rare and exquisite example.

$8,500

All items are Guaranteed
Authentic as described

參考：Denver Art Museum
Trophy Head
AD 700-1500

CULTURE
Central Region or Atlantic Watershed
COUNTRY
Costa Rica
effigy
Modeled tan clay with reddish-orange slip, applique, and incised decoration.
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
1995.816
. Trophy Head. AD 700-1500. Modeled tan clay with reddish-orange slip, applique, and incised decoration.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1995.816.
DIMENSIONS
height: 5 1/2 in, 13.9700 cm; width: 7 3/8 in, 18.7325 cm; depth: 6 1/2 in, 16.5100 cm
INSCRIPTION
“C-1419” on underside
DEPARTMENT
Mayer Center, Ancient American Art
COLLECTION
Ancient American Art

參考：Denver Art Museum
Trophy Head
AD 700-1520

CULTURE
Central Region
COUNTRY
Costa Rica
effigy
Fashioned from basalt.
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
1995.527

參考：Denver Art Museum
Trophy Head
AD 700-1520

CULTURE
Central Region
COUNTRY
Costa Rica
STYLE/TRADITION
Atlantic Watershed
effigy
Fashioned from andesite.
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
1995.544

參考：Denver Art Museum
Trophy Head
AD 700-1520

CULTURE
Central Region

COUNTRY
Costa Rica

effigy
Fashioned from andesite.
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
1995.858

. Trophy Head. AD 700-1520. Fashioned from andesite.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1995.858.
DIMENSIONS
height: 5 3/4 in, 14.6050 cm; width: 4 7/8 in, 12.3825 cm; depth: 5 5/8 in, 14.2875 cm
INSCRIPTION
“V-3253” on bottom
DEPARTMENT
Mayer Center, Ancient American Art
COLLECTION
Ancient American Art

參考：蘇富比
AFRICAN, OCEANIC, AND PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
07 MAY 2016 | 5:00 PM EDT
NEW YORK
118
PROPERTIES FROM NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Teotihuacan Greenstone Mask
Early Classic, ca. A.D. 250-450

Estimate 40,000 — 50,000 USD
LOT SOLD. 68,750 USD

Teotihuacan Greenstone Mask
Early Classic, ca. A.D. 250-450
the stern and confident expression showing the distinctive downturned mouth of Olmec and Guerrero style, with full lips, gently sculpted cheeks and recessed eyes; pierced at the temples for suspension, in deep green veined serpentine.
Height: 5 1/2 in (14 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired prior to 1967

LITERATURE
Gérald Berjonneau, Emile Deletaille, Jean-Louis Sonnery, Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica, Boulogne, 1985, pl. 146

CATALOGUE NOTE
The subtle transition from the abstract style of Guerrero masks into the more naturalistic form of the Teotihuacan era is well defined on this mask, with the details of drilled nostrils, rounded cheeks and fully modeled eyes.