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Stone mask, Early to Middle Formative period, roughly between 1200 BC and 400 BC, Mexico, Olmec, Size: H: 20,5 cm (H: 8.1 inch), ID: 3052512
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Lot 8
Auction 105

Stone mask, Early to Middle Formative period, roughly between 1200 BC and 400 BC ·  Mexico, Olmec · ID: 3052512

Sold EUR 20,000
Provenance
German Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (1970–2004)
Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, 11 December 2024, lot 539
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch

Description

brown-green serpentine, red pigment, base

This life-sized mask depicts a human face. The eyes and mouth are openworked, and the earlobes are pierced. Two pairs of drilled holes at forehead level may have served for attachment.

The mask may have been worn during ceremonial occasions or used as a funerary mask.

The object Stone mask, Early to Middle Formative period, roughly between 1200 BC and 400 BC with the object ID 3052512 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 8 achieved a sales price of EUR 20,000.

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Expertise

Antiques Analytics, Expert report no. AA 06-04092, 17.10.2006

Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).

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