Veracruz Sonriente Head
$ 2,160.00
Category: Pre-Columbian Art Sub Category: Mexico - Early Post Classic Periods Culture or Country: Veracruz, Mexico. Period: Ca. 600-900 A.D. Size: 5-1/2”H., 6-1/8”W. Description: Hollow molded pottery sonriente head, originally from a figure, depicted smiling, two ceremonially filed front teeth. Wearing disc ear spools. Wide relief decorated headdress with geometric...
| Category: | Pre-Columbian Art |
| Sub Category: | Mexico - Early Post Classic Periods |
| Culture or Country: | Veracruz, Mexico. |
| Period: | Ca. 600-900 A.D. |
| Size: | 5-1/2”H., 6-1/8”W. |
| Description: | Hollow molded pottery sonriente head, originally from a figure, depicted smiling, two ceremonially filed front teeth. Wearing disc ear spools. Wide relief decorated headdress with geometric and knotted designs. Areas of ocher surface pigment on the front with scattered mineral deposits. Repaired from approximately six original pieces with restoration over the breaklines. |
| Provenance: | Private Washington D.C. collection, acquired at Arte Primitivo, 2008. |
