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...
*Anthropomorphic idol
- Description
*Anthropomorphic idol
with beautifully schematized, pure and stylized forms. She is presented standing on massive legs. Her gaze, cast in the shadows beneath the visor, lends her a timeless, mysterious expressiveness. Gray calcite, lightly speckled and veined, sculpted and polished Mezcala, type M10, Guerrero region, Mexico 350-100 B.C. 21.4 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm Provenance: Former Yvon Collet collection since 1967. Bibliography: Au cœur de l'Amérique Précolombienne, Collection Gérard Geiger, Éditions 5 continents, Milan 2003, p.107, fig.47 for a very similar idol.Sale ended
Estimate
€4,500 - €5,500
Sold to
€4,500
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