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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