This carved and polished serpentine mask of a young jaguar shaman will be offered by Millon in Paris on September 18. Created in Olmec, Mexico c.900-400BC, it is estimated at €200,000-300,000.
From September 15-17 visitors to Paris will have the opportunity to view 150 lots from two major French collections of Pre-Columbian art which will be sold by Millon at the Drouot on September 18.
The majority of the sale is drawn from a select group of artefacts formed from the 1950s-70s by a Nice collector. It includes the carved serpentine mask, left, among a distinguished company of lots which have not been on the market for half a century or more.