mask

Lot 1069. A gilt-bronze mask, Ming - Qing dynasty; d. 25.8 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot Sold: 40,320 HKD. (C) 2021 Sotheby's Note: A larger example was sold at Sotheby's New York, 19/20th March 2007, lot 543 (USD 33,600). Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including Song Ceramics from the Kai-Yin Lo Collection, Hong Kong, 26 August 2021

Mask, Dan people,Ivory Coast, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood. H 22 cm. © Galerie Guilhem Montagut. Provenance: collected post-war in the Sipilou region of the Ivory Coast. Lubuko divination drumstick, Middle Luvua workshop, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, H 17 cm. © Galerie Guilhem Montagut. Provenance: collection of Ben Tursch, Belgium; Entwistle collection, London; collection of Javier Lentini, Barcelona. Literature: Luba, Dapper Museum, Paris, 1993, p. 47. Exhibition: Luba,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. Rapa ceremonial dance paddle, Easter Islands, toromiro wood, haut. 86 cm. Estimate upon request. © Sotheby’s Sotheby’s is delighted to announce its forthcoming Oceania sale to be held on 4 December in Paris. This is the first various owners’ sale dedicated exclusively to the arts of Oceania. The 38 lots that comprise this sale have been chosen for their historical importance, remarkable provenance, and rare aesthetic quality. They will be featured in a catalogue that will shine a spotlight on the... [Lire la suite]

Mask, ca. 800 B.C. (fabrication); A.D. 1469–1481 (deposition), Olmec style, Mexico, Guerrero; Mexico, Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). Hornblende hornfels. H. 4 1/4 × W. 3 3/8 × D. 1 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.6 × 3.2 cm), Museo del Templo Mayor, Secretaría de Cultura-INAH, Mexico City (10-168803). This Olmec-style mask was either passed down as an ancestral heirloom or excavated during Mexica times. Such works signal the Mexica reverence for greenstone and for antiquities from illustrious civilizations of the past. 

Mask, A.D. 1469–1481, Mexica culture, Mexico, Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). Greenstone, obsidian inlays. H. 7 3/4 × W. 9 5/8 × D. 3 7/16 in., Approximately 240oz. (19.7 × 24.4 × 8.8 cm, 6804.65g), Museo del Templo Mayor, Secretaría de Cultura-INAH, Mexico City (10-168801). The greenstone mask featuring obsidian pupils appears to have been made in Tenochtitlan by Mexica artists emulating the ancient style of masks from Teotihuacan, a long-abandoned site near the Mexica capital. Such works signal the Mexica reverence for greenstone and... [Lire la suite]

Solar Mask and Pectoral, Colombia. About 200 BC-AD 200. Hammered gold. © Miho Museum. Mask, Colombia-Ecuador, AD 600-1200. Gold, red pigment. H-13.5 W-16.5 cm. © Miho Museum. Necklace, Peru. About 500 BC-AD 100. Gold. H-50 W-80 cm. © Miho Museum. Warrior, Moche, Peru, 100 BC-AD 800. Gold. H-3.5 W-2.6 cm. © Miho Museum. Headdress Plume, Moche, Peru, 50 BC-AD 300. Gold. H-26 W-37 cm. © Miho Museum. Ear Ornaments, Sican, Peru. About AD 900-1100. Gold. H-4.1 D-1.7 cm. © Miho Museum. Tumi Knife, Sican, Peru. About AD... [Lire la suite]

Mask, Teotihuacan, Mexico, AD200-650. Serpentine, shell, pyrite, stucco, and jade. H-19.5 D-8.8 W-24 cm. © Miho Museum.

Mask, Teotihuacan-Guerrero, Mexico, AD 250-750. Stone with shell and pyrite inlays. H-16 D-8.5 W-16.7 cm. © Miho Museum.

Mask representing a human face, Olmec, Rio Pesquero, Mexico, 900-600 BC. Magmatic rock of monzonite type. H 18.8 x W 16.5 x D 7.4 cm. © Galerie Mermoz Provenance: former private collection of Yvon Collet, 1968 Literature: ‘Trésors du Nouveau Monde, exhibition catalogue from the Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, 15 September-27 December, 1992; M. Coe, R. Diehl, D. Freidel, The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1995; E. Benson, Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, Beatriz... [Lire la suite]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco premiered Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire, the first major U.S. exhibition on Teotihuacan in over twenty years. The ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan is one of the largest and most important archaeological sites in the world, and the most-visited archaeological site in Mexico. At its peak in 400 CE, Teotihuacan was the cultural, political, economic, and religious center of Mesoamerica and inhabited by a multiethnic population of more than 100,000 people.... [Lire la suite]