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A Mezcala Stone Figure, Late Preclassic, ca. 300-100 B.C.
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
the rounded head with narrow flange surrounding the chin suggesting a beard, with small naturalistic mouth and arched brows, the long legs with bent knees, in banded black and green serpentine.
Provenance
Frances Pratt, Teochita
Acquired from the above, late 1970s
Exhibited
Paris, Musée-Galerie de la Seita, Figures de Pierre, L'Art du Guerrero dans le Mexique précolombien, October 2-November 21, 1992, pl. 68, illus.
Literature
Carlo T. E. Gay, Mezcala Stone Sculpture, The Human Figure, New York, 1967, figs. 36, 36a, 36b
Carlo Gay and Frances Pratt, Mezcala, Ancient Stone Sculpture from Guerrero, Mexico, 1992, pls. 246-248
Catalogue Note
Gay notes the slender, pulled back shoulders, relaxed knees and arm position relates to a general Olmec style seen on some Mezcala figures.