Zemanek-Münster
Standing priestess, ca. 600–900 AD, Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Size: H: 33 cm (H: 13.0 inch), ID: 3052480
Standing priestess, ca. 600–900 AD, Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Size: H: 33 cm (H: 13.0 inch), ID: 3052480 - 2/5 Standing priestess, ca. 600–900 AD, Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Size: H: 33 cm (H: 13.0 inch), ID: 3052480 - 3/5 Standing priestess, ca. 600–900 AD, Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Size: H: 33 cm (H: 13.0 inch), ID: 3052480 - 4/5 Standing priestess, ca. 600–900 AD, Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Size: H: 33 cm (H: 13.0 inch), ID: 3052480 - 5/5
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Lot 60
Auction 105

Standing priestess, ca. 600–900 AD ·  Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz · ID: 3052480

Sold EUR 800
Provenance
Erhard Lenz, Essen, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 17 September 2011, lot 92
A. & B. Schirmer, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch

Description

ceramic, base

Broad female figure with a large headdress, earrings, necklace and skirt (“huipil”). She has both hands raised, a posture commonly seen in sculptures from the Gulf Coast.

The object Standing priestess, ca. 600–900 AD with the object ID 3052480 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 60 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

Expertise

R. Kotalla, Thermoluminescence-Certificate No. 449305, Haigerloch, June 14, 1993

Comparing literature

Hoffmann, Ulrich (Hg.), Frauen des alten Amerika in Kult und Alltag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 214

Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).

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