Standing Ball Player, Ameca-Etzatlán Style, Protoclassic, ca. 100 BC - 250 AD · Mexico, Jalisco · ID: 3052452
Starting price
EUR 3,500
Estimated price
EUR 8,000
Provenance
New Jersey Private Collection, USA (acquired in the 1960s)Bonhams, New York, USA;, 9 November 2011, lot 179
A. & B. Schirmer, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 45,3 cm
H: 17.8 inch
Description
ceramic, red and creme-white slip,
A superb example, standing at attention, holding a ball in his left hand and wearing an artfully designed headdress, emblematic of high status, nose and ear rings and a scant loincloth with a triangular element in the rear.
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).