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a Large Mezcala stone temple, Late Preclassic, ca. 300-100 B.C.
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
with tall base and nine steps leading to the platform supporting a figure standing in the middle of four columns, in banded dark gray calcite.
Provenance
Acquired in 1977
Catalogue Note
Cf. Gay and Pratt (1992: pl. 188). “…architectural models are the most provocative and unique. Not merely magic objects of ritual, … they were tokens of love and faith to accompany the dead, in essence, exalting symbols of man’s lasting aspiration for eternal life” (ibid:167).