Two Pre-Colombian Ceramic Portraits

The first a highly polished red ware mask with four piercings (9 in.) (intact); the second a male portrait head detached from a larger work and displayed on a custom wooden stand (6 in.; 9.25 in. on stand) ( paint remnants).

Private Collection, Pittsboro, North Carolina

Both items appraised as authentic in March 1970 by Alex Chapin Associates, Inc. of New York City, accredited members of the Appraisers Association of America. Scans of the document are available.