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LOT 2594
Aztec Stone Seated Figure
MEXICO, 1400-1500 A.D.
3 3/4 in. (5 1/8 in.) (288 grams, 97 mm (436 grams total, 13 cm including stand)).
Carved seated figure wearing jaguar-skin cowl shown with hands resting above the abdomen with recess to accept a sacred object; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
with Sotheby's, Parke Bernet, 31 May 1975, no.292.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Published
Exhibited Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA, accession no.4462.
Literature
See Olguin, F., Aztecs, Royal Academy of Arts, Spain, 2003, p.73, for a similar seated figure.
Footnotes
The jaguar-skin cowl is an emblem of power and shamanic transformation in Mesoamerican cultures and was particularly adopted by the Aztec civilization to harness the power of the predator. This piece shows an interesting patina of lines and wear, possibly from exposure to water from ancient times.
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with Sotheby's, Parke Bernet, 31 May 1975, no.292. Private collection, London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The jaguar-skin cowl is an emblem of power and shamanic transformation in Mesoamerican cultures and was particularly adopted by the Aztec civilization to harness the power of the predator. This piece shows an interesting patina of lines and wear, possibly from exposure to water from ancient times.
