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PRECOLUMBIAN 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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