*Masque cultuel Lot n° 41

presenting a face with a blooming expression accentuated by the mouth and the open eyes, the cheekbones are marked in relief. It is delimited on each side by a rectangular protrusion with two conical holes evoking the use of a primitive drill bit. This mask is distinguished by the quality of its sculpture, the nobility of the stone and the expressiveness of the face. Green speckled cipolin and marble, sculpted, drilled and polished Chontal, Guerrero region, Mexico, 400-100 BC 14.9 x 13 x 4.7 cm Provenance : former Yvon Collet collection since 1968 Bibliography : Mascaras Mexicana, sociedad de arte moderno, editions sociedad de Arte Moderno A.C, Mexico, 1945, p.26, f.6, for a mask very close to the former collection of the painter Diego Rivera.