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Sale Tribal Addiction ! of November 22 2023

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wearing a huipil and skirt. Her hands are raised to the sky in a symbolic gesture to the divine world. She wears numerous ornaments attesting to her important rank in the clan. Orange-beige terracotta with brown decoration. Nopiloa, Veracruz, Mexico, 450-700 A.D. 21.3 x 16.2 x 9.5 cm Provenance: Former Yvon Collet collection, 1965. Former Pierre Kohn collection, 1980. Bibliography: Prehispanic America - Time and Culture, Cuesta Domingo, Editions Epsy Art, p.357, Fig.3 (inv. 249) for a similar work.

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Estimate

€600 - €800

Sold to

€750

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    17, rue de la Grange-Batelière
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    France

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