Register Auction 105
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

Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
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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.

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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