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a Mezcala seated figure, Type M10, Late Preclassic, ca. 300-100 B.C.
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
of hunchback form with large head nestled onto the body and voluminous rounded back, the legs pulled up high and face marked solely by recessed mouth; in green speckled andesite.
Exhibited
Paris, Musée-Galerie de la Seita, Figures de Pierre, L'art du Guerrero dans le Mexique précolombien, October 2-November 21, 1992, fig. 112, illus.
Literature
Carlo Gay and Frances Pratt, Mezcala, Ancient Stone Sculpture from Guerrero, Mexico, 1992, pl. 99