Sale 213 Lot 224

Pair of Mexican pre-Columbian ceramic figures from the states of Colima, Jalisco, or Nayarit dating roughly between 300 BCE and 400 CE Height (seated figurine): 4.75 inches
$200-250

PROVENANCE: Present lot was acquired by Bennett Schiff (1920-2014), a member of the U.S. Foreign Service who served as press attaché in Nicosia, Cyprus, and Tehran from 1962 until 1967.He moved to Washington, DC, in 1967 to work as a consultant to the Peace Corps, the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Ford Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.