A Superb Teotihuacan stone Life/Death maskette, Teotihuacan, Classical period, C. 300-900 AD; Mexico
The maskette in a light mottled green jadeite, the expressive face bifurcated and with one one side carved as a classical Teotihuacanoid maskette with small eyes, and wide cheeks and mouth with some Olmecoid influence; the other side of the face skeletal with large ocular orbit, skeletal nose and mouth and deeply cut cheekbones. Pierced at the sides for attachment. A fine and rare example. H. 2 3/4"
Comments: Property of an East Coast private collector
Provenance: Ex. Robert Berg Collection, San Diego, CA