Lot n° 243
Estimation :
6000 - 10000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 7 800EUR
Large anthropomorphic figure shown standing. - Lot 243
Large anthropomorphic figure shown standing.
The head in the shoulders shows a very handsome face, worn at the mouth by repetitive rubbing; two large circular cupules highlight large, open eyes. The top of the skull is rounded, with ears in slight relief on the sides. The back is muscular and the shoulders powerful.
The left leg is fractured, the right arm broken. The oversized left arm also has an attenuated, time-worn break.
Olive-green hard stone with a glossy, weathered surface.
Dimensions: 14.8 x 7 cm.
Mexico. State of Veracruz. Paso de Ovejas.
Olmec culture.
Pre-Classical period, 1150 to 550 B.C.
In the 1996 Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., we find under no. 68 a small sculpture in transformation with the same look as this magnificent statuette.
Provenance :
Written by Madame Anna Diagne-Kerchache certifying that this statuette was purchased by Monsieur and Madame Jacques Kerchache from the Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, New York, before 1980.
Object presented in the sale of the Kerchache collection orchestrated by Binoche-Renaud-Giquelo, June 14, 2010, under number 20.
IMPORTANT :
Application for a certificate of export of cultural goods in progress. Document required to export the object outside French territory.
Cultural property export certificate in progress. Document required to export the item outside French territory.
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