Romain BEOT
with five-step staircase. Slightly cloudy brown calcitic stone. Marks of time, broken and glued in one place. Mezcala, Guerrero state, Mexico, 400-100...
*Pinched edge cut
- Description
*Pinched edge cut
The outer rim is marked by an engraved line. This ceremonial bowl was probably used for drinking hallucinogenic potions. Earthenware with beige slip, marks of time Olmec, Guerrero region, Mexico, 1000 - 400 B.C. 8.2 x 13.1 x 21.8 cm Provenance: former Yves Collet collection, 1968. Bibliography: Gérald Berjonneau & Jean Louis Sonnery, Chefs-d'Oeuvre Inédits, Art Précolombien Mexique Guatemala, ed. Office du Livre ARTS, Boulogne 1985, p. 54, fig.47 for a very similar bowl.Sale ended
Estimate
€2,000 - €3,000
Sold to
€2,000
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