Seated Male and Female, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BC - 250 AD · Mexico, Zacatecas · ID: 3052451
Starting price
EUR 6,000
Estimated price
EUR 9,000
Provenance
Hotel Drouot, Paris, France (1970)French Collection, Paris
Neil Becker, West Harrison, USA
A. & B. Schirmer, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 36 cm & 36,5 cm (female/male)
H: 14.2 inch & 14.4 inch (female/male)
Description
ceramic, beige clay, painted in dark red and cream white,
Stylised figures with tubular arms and disc-shaped earrings. The male figure has a pair of peculiar mushroom-shaped horns, which, according to van Bussel, identify him as a shaman (Leyenaar, 1992, p. 293). The horns may have been made from bound strands of hair.
Comparing literature
Leyenaar, Ted u.a., Von Küste zu Küste, o.O. 1992, p. 293
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).