Chinesco Type, West Mexico, Circa 1st Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D.
Height 4 1/2 x width 4 1/4 inches.
Provenance:
Howard Jacobs Collection, California, acquired between 1960-1962; thence by decent.
(With signed statement from current owner)
Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.