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Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
CIRCA 300-100 B.C.
6 in (202 grams, 15.2 cm).
An anthropomorphic figure carved from mottled grey stone, characteristically abstract and minimalistic; the neckline, arms, and legs all delineated by the meticulous string-cutting technique, with semi-smooth texture; type group M 1 according to Gay & Pratt (Mezcala, NY 1992),. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired mid 1960s-mid 1990s.
From the collection of George and Julianne Alderman, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ex TimesAncient, Bristol, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue entry.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Carlo Gay and Frances Pratt, Mezcala, Ancient Stone Sculpture from Guerrero, Mexico, 1992, pls. 246-248.
FOOTNOTES:
The Mezcala culture, from the mountainous region of Guerrero in modern-day Mexico, is famous for its prolific production of stone sculpture, which includes human figures, animal effigies and architectural models. Little is known about this ancient civilisation, other than that it chose to bury its dead with these abstract, esoteric stone carvings, and that it was the only one of the Mesoamerican civilizations to have been so focused on architecture.
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