PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
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200<br />
MEZCALA STONE FIGURE, TYPE M22<br />
LATE PRECLASSIC<br />
Ca. 300-100 B. C.<br />
Standing with on short legs, with arms carved in<br />
relief with forearms folded on the elongated torso,<br />
fi ngers faintly incised, the tapering head with jutting<br />
jaw and grooves indicating eyes and mouth,<br />
cheek furrows; in speckled pale green andesite.<br />
Height 19.8 cm<br />
€ 4 000 – 8 000<br />
201<br />
OLMEC JADE SPOON<br />
MIDDLE PRECLASSIC<br />
Ca. 900-600 B. C.<br />
With two palette-like gently concave depressions,<br />
one fi nely incised with two, four-pointed ‘Flaming<br />
Brows’, in dark green stone, with faint remains of<br />
cinnabar.<br />
Width 9 cm<br />
Provenance<br />
German Private Collection<br />
These receptacles may have been used for hallucinogens<br />
to induce the shaman’s trance.<br />
€ 2 000 – 4 000<br />
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