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Lot 187
  • 187

Statuette anthropomorphe Culture Mezcala Etat de Guerrero, Mexique Préclassique récent, 300-100 av. J.-C.

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Culture Mezcala
  • Statuette anthropomorphe
  • Diabase brun-vert à surface brillante
  • h. 20,5 cm ; 8 in

Provenance

Galerie Kamer, Paris, 1957
Collection Josef Mueller, Soleure
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 505-18

Exhibited

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, 30 janvier-24 mars 1992, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 11 avril-15 juin 1992, Barcelone, Fondation la Caixa, 25 novembre 1992-24 janvier 1993, Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992
Lisbonne, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 23 mars-4 juin 1995

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 21, p. 216
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 21
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 21, p. 254
Geoffroy-Schneiter (Bérénice), Arts premiers: Indiens, Eskimos & Aborigènes, 2006, p. 66

Condition

Très bon état de conservation Very good condition overall
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