Mezcala (Culture)
with five-step staircase. Slightly cloudy brown calcitic stone. Marks of time, broken and glued in one place. Mezcala, Guerrero state, Mexico, 400-100...
*Important anthropomorphic idol
- Description
*Important anthropomorphic idol
featuring a standing divinity with stylized, refined features. Her bountiful belly symbolizes fertility, while her face exudes a mysterious, timeless expressiveness. Slightly mottled green andesite, sculpted and polished. Mezcala, type M10, Guerrero region, Mexico, 400-100 B.C. 28.9 x 7.8 x 5.6 cm Provenance: former Stéphane Janssen collection since 1968. Bibliography: Au cœur de l'Amérique Précolombienne, Collection Gérard Geiger, Éditions 5 continents, Milan 2003, p.108, fig.48 for a very similar idol.Sale ended
Estimate
€7,000 - €9,000
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Romain BEOT
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