Mezcala (Culture)
resting on a pedestal with six relief-carved steps, it ends with a two-tiered capital. Lightly speckled, veined, carved and polished gray calcite...
*Anthropomorphic idol
- Description
*Anthropomorphic idol
featuring a figure with powerful, rounded forms, his hands resting on his belly in a nurturing gesture and his face with a slightly wrathful expression. Speckled, carved and polished serpentine Mezcala type M22, Guerrero state, Mexico 400-100 B.C. 15.2 x 9.3 x 5.8 cm Provenance: former Stéphane Janssen collection (1936-2020) since 1966 Bibliography: Mezcala, Carlo Gay, Francis Pratt, éditions Balsas, Geneva, 1992, p. 24, fig. 7, for an idol of this type.Sale ended
Estimate
€2,500 - €3,500
Sold to
€2,400
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
