File:Veracruz terracotta head Soleil de nuit lot 20 n2.jpg

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English: Head with cutaway masks, Maya culture, Puebla region, 700–1200 CE.
Français : Tête à masques en pans superposés, culture Veracruz, région de Puebla, 700–1200 apr. J.-C.
Date between 700 and 1200 AD
Medium terracotta
medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions width: 28.5 cm (11.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2049,28.5U174728
Object history
  • collection of Jay C. Leff (1925–2000)
  • 11 October 1975: purchased by AnonymousUnknown author, New York City at the sale of the collection of Jay C. Leff at Sotheby Parke Bernet, Paris, lot no. 430
  • 15 May 2009: purchased by AnonymousUnknown author, New York City at the sale of the collection of AnonymousUnknown author, New York City at Sotheby's, Paris, lot no. 128
  • 30 October 2019: purchased by AnonymousUnknown author at the sale of the collection of at Sotheby's, Paris, lot no. 20, for 112,500 euros
Exhibition history
  • Brooklyn Museum, New York, Ancient art of Latin America from the collection of Jay C. Leff, between 22 November 1966 and 5 March 1967
    date QS:P,+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1966-11-22T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1967-03-05T00:00:00Z/11
  • Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pre-Columbuan art from Mesoamerica from the collection of Jay C. Leff, between 13 February 1972 and 2 April 1972
    date QS:P,+1972-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1972-02-13T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1972-04-02T00:00:00Z/11
  • Huntington Galleries, Huntington, Ancient art from Middle America, Selections from Jay C. Leff Collection, between 17 February 1966 and 9 June 1974
    date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1966-02-17T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1974-06-09T00:00:00Z/11
References
  • Sotheby's, Le Soleil de nuit, trésors précolombiens d'une grande collection française, Paris, 30 octobre 2019, auction catalogue, lot no.25, p.54–7
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