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Catalogue number: 1907
Mexico, Olmec, green jadeiet mask, ca. 900-400 BC.
Depicting its characteristic trapezoidal shape mouth, the highly raised upper lip and its small drilled holes at the end of the eyes and mouth. Provenance, Galerie Gerdes Prakolumbische Kunst, Munchen, 1981 and private collection Dr. Ludwig Jansen (1919-2020). (mask loosened from perspex stand)
H. ca. 11,9 W. ca. 9,7 and D. ca. 5,4 cm. with a perspex stand.
Provenance: private collection Dr. Ludwig Jansen (1919-2020), Germany..
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Hammer price: € 2,200
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