ƒ FRAGMENT OF VERACRUZ YOKE, EL TAJÍN CLASSIQUE... Lot 53

ƒ FRAGMENT OF VERACRUZ YOKE, EL TAJÍN CLASSIQUE RÉCENT, APPROX. 550-950 AP. AD Pale olive-green stone Height: 13.4 cm. (5¼ in.) $7600-11000 PROVENANCE Earl L. Stendahl (1888-1966), Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired from the latter on May 8, 1957 EXHIBITIONS Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Primitive Art from Chicago Collections, November 16, 1960-January 2, 1962 Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, High Culture in the Americas before 1500, November 15-December 31, 1982 BIBLIOGRAPHY Art Institute of Chicago, Primitive Art from Chicago Collections, Chicago, 1960, front cover, No. 34 Von Winning, H., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America, London, 1969, p. 220, No. 312 McNear, E., High Culture in the Americas before 1500, Chicago, 1982, p. 26, No. 53 VERACRUZ STONE YOKE FRAGMENT, EL TAJÍN The substantial fragment probably from a frog yoke, fnely carved in low relief on the exterior side, on the short end carved with the realistic portrait of a dignitary in profle with youthful features distinguished by full, outlined lips and sunken elongated eye, adorned with a double-stranded necklace, earspool and elaborate headdress composed of scrolls and the stylized upper jaw of a mythical creature resting on the fnely striated hair; in pale olive stone. For a similar example, see Museum Für Völkerkunde, Vienna, inv. no. 5990 (fg. 1). To bid, please see the "Sales Information" section.