A Veracruz Terracotta Seated Paca

Mexico, Circa 600-900 A.D.

Height 16 3/8 inches (41.59 cm).

Property from an Important New York Private Collection

Provenance:

Dr. and Mrs. George C. Kennedy Collection, Los Angeles, primarily formed in the late 1950s-early 1960s.

Deborah Kennedy, Portland.

Ancient Art of the New World, New York.

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 21 November 1995.

Bonhams, New York, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, 11 November 2019, Lot 258.

Exhibited:

California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Ancient Art of Veracruz, 23 February-13 June 1971.

Published:

Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles, Ancient Art of Veracruz, Los Angeles, 1971, fig. 48.

H. Von Winning, Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America, 1968, fig. 250.

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A Veracruz Terracotta Seated Paca

Mexico, Circa 600-900 A.D.

Height 16 3/8 inches (41.59 cm).

Property from an Important New York Private Collection

Provenance:

Dr. and Mrs. George C. Kennedy Collection, Los Angeles, primarily formed in the late 1950s-early 1960s.

Deborah Kennedy, Portland.

Ancient Art of the New World, New York.

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 21 November 1995.

Bonhams, New York, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, 11 November 2019, Lot 258.

Exhibited:

California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Ancient Art of Veracruz, 23 February-13 June 1971.

Published:

Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles, Ancient Art of Veracruz, Los Angeles, 1971, fig. 48.

H. Von Winning, Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America, 1968, fig. 250.

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A Veracruz Terracotta Seated Paca