Lot: 482
Large Colima Masked Dancer. Wearing an extraordinary alligator mask with large medial feathered crest, arms terminating in tassels, crisscross bands across chest and back, ornamented breechcloth, leg bands. Orange-buff ceramic. West Mexico. Circa 250 B.C. - A.D. 250. Approximate dimensions Height 13 3/4 inches. Provenance the Peter G. Wray collection, Scottsdale, AZ a private collection, Northern California. Exhibited and Illustrated Fine Pre-Columbian Art from the collection of Mr. Peter G Wray, Harmer Rooke exhibition catalog, New York, 1984, Page 32, 104.
Auction Date: September 8, 2018