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Fine Arms, Armour, Ethnographic & Asian
Lot 254:
Pre-Columbian, Teotihuacan "City of the Gods" 450 CE-650 CE commonly referred to as the greatest city of Mesoamerica. Large green hardstone mask with circular recess at the cheek which would have originally been inlaid. Stone is a dense green hardstone with mottled with a large variety of color variation of greens and blacks. Size 8" H x 8" W, 10" H on included custom stand
Vanna & Lee Lacey, The Melrose Place Antique Store, Private Florida Collection, Private Rancho Mirage Collection (some documents accompany this lot including old shipping receipts)
Condition: Mask has been professionally restored from two large pieces, the break is from the right cheek upward to the outer edge of the right eye.
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