A Mezcala monkey set
amended
Group of Six Mezcala Stone Monkeys,
Late Preclassic, ca. 300 - 100 B.C.
height of largest 6 1/2in (9 cm)
each stylized monkey seated, leaning forward with large curling tail; each of varying dark gray to gray stone.

Provenance:
Black Tulip Gallery, Houston, TX, 1960's
Everett Rassiga, New York

cf. Gay (1967: pl. 57)

Estimate:
US$ 4,000 - 6,000
£2,600 - 4,000
€3,100 - 4,600

Auction Notices

  • height of largest should read: 3 1/2 inches

Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art


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