Null A CLAY OLMEC STYLE HEAD Central Mexico, 12th-6th century BC
13 x 10 x 8 cm
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A CLAY OLMEC STYLE HEAD Central Mexico, 12th-6th century BC 13 x 10 x 8 cm Provenance: Italian private collection, purchased from LIPKIN GALLERY INC. by Morton Lipkin c/o Herbert Bard & Co. 400 Madison Ave. New York, N.Y.10017, on March 10, 1976.

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A CLAY OLMEC STYLE HEAD Central Mexico, 12th-6th century BC 13 x 10 x 8 cm Provenance: Italian private collection, purchased from LIPKIN GALLERY INC. by Morton Lipkin c/o Herbert Bard & Co. 400 Madison Ave. New York, N.Y.10017, on March 10, 1976.

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