Context (Other owners)
In the bequest schedule, this is noted as being previously from 'from the collection of Sir Jacob Epstein', the well-known sculptor.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink on rear: '2003'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Price gun label adhered to rear: '080867'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Auction / Sale)
Purchased by the donor, Prof. Richard Darwin Keynes, from Sotheby's 21 July 1980, lot 26.
Event Date 21/7/1980
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Stone mask. Nose and cheekbones in high relief. Drilled holes to indicate eyes, but not drilled through. Wide open mouth indicated by carving. A hole drilled on either side of the mask.
Event Date 13/12/2012
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
On 20 March 2015, Professor Mary Miller, Yale University, examined this mask and, based on stylistic grounds, dated it as Classic Teotihuacan, AD 100-600. Therefore, the Period field has been amended from '?Mezcala' to include this information.
Event Date 20/3/2015
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Carved stone face or mask. Small eyes indicated by drilled depressions, prominent nose and open mouth; small vertical lugs or ears at either side, with a drilled hole above, possibly for suspension; concave at rear; made from grey flecked stone with ground and partially polished surface; eyes have white accretions possibly from inlay.
Event Date 25/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring