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A Zapotec Terracotta Jaguar CIRCA 600-800 A.D. Height 16 1/2 inches (42 cm). Property from a Private Pennsylvania Collector Provenance: Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, prior to 1959. Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above; thence by descent. Published: Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff (Exhibition Catalogue). Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1959, no. 506 or 507. K. Easby, Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff (Exhibition Catalogue). The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 1966, no. 425, illus. p. 7. Exhibited: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Carnegie Institute, October 15, 1959 - January 3, 1960. Brooklyn, New York, Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, The Brooklyn Museum, November 22, 1966 March 5, 1967, $3,000 - 6,000 64
ANTIQUITIES & ETHNOGRAPHIC ART
Zapotec Jaguar in situ at Carnegie 1959.
