Mezcala (Culture)
featuring a figure of massive proportions, with a conical head, mouth and wide-open eyes, giving it a timeless expressiveness. Speckled, carved and...
GARDE
- Description
GARDE
*A four-column example with stepped capitals surmounted by a stylized animal figure. The base is adorned with a central staircase of balanced proportions. Microcrystalline limestone, slight veil of limestone concretion, marks of time Mezcala, Guerrero region, Mexico, 400-100 B.C. 10.2 x 8 x 3 cm Provenance: former Yvon Collet collection since 1968 Bibliography: Mezcala, Carlo Gay, Francis Pratt, éditions Balsas, Geneva, 1992, pages 166 to 182 for temples of this type, described by the authors as architectural models.Sale ended
Estimate
€3,500 - €4,500
Department
- Address
MILLON
17, rue de la Grange-Batelière
Paris 75009
France - Telephone +33 (0)1 40 22 66 32
- Email rbeot@millon.com
Our team
Romain BEOT
SERGE REYNES - ORIGINE EXPERT
