A Zapotec Terracotta Jaguar
Sale 910 - Antiquities & Ethnographic Art
Nov 18, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$3,000 -
6,000
Price Realized
$18,750
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Lot Description
A Zapotec Terracotta Jaguar
Circa 600-800 A.D.
Height 16 1/2 inches (42 cm).
This lot is located in Chicago.
Property from a Private Pennsylvania Collector
Provenance:
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, prior to 1959.
Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above; thence by descent.
Published:
Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff (Exhibition Catalogue). Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1959, no. 506 or 507.
K. Easby, Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff (Exhibition Catalogue). The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 1966, no. 425, illus. p. 7.
Exhibited:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Carnegie Institute, October 15, 1959 - January 3, 1960.
Brooklyn, New York, Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, The Brooklyn Museum, November 22, 1966 - March 5, 1967.
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