Miniature temple · Mexico, Guerrero · ID: 3037915
sold
EUR 5,500
Provenance
American CollectionSize
H: 12,5 cm
H: 4.9 inch
Description
grey calcite, abstract four post architectural model with small cap lintel at top and bottom and piercing at the bottom, intact, slight traces of abrasion, base;
these models are not just ritual objects but tokens of love and faith to accompany the dead.
Comparing literature
Gay, Carlo, Mezcala Stone Sculpture, The Human Figure, Greenwich 1967, p. 37, ill. 56