Sculpture from the Collection of Seymour and Alyce Lazar, Palm Springs

Sculpture from the Collection of Seymour and Alyce Lazar, Palm Springs

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 2. Mezcala Stone Head, Late Preclassic, circa 300 - 100 BC.

Mezcala Stone Head, Late Preclassic, circa 300 - 100 BC

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Lot Closed

October 6, 02:03 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Mezcala Stone Head, Late Preclassic, circa 300 - 100 BC


Height: 4 ⅞ in (12.5 cm)

David Bramhall, New York, active during the 1960s

Judith Small Nash, New York, acquired from the above

Acquired from the above on February 8, 1993

This finely sculptured head has a prominent brow, broad nose and recessed mouth area with a well-defined mouth, features typically associated with the M22 and M24 styles. Mezcala heads range in size from one to seven inches and are pierced with a single perforation at the top of the head.


See Carlo Gay and Frances Pratt, Mezcala: Ancient Stone Sculpture from Guerrero, Mexico, Geneva, 1992, p. 128, pls. 131-132, for the type.