Standing priestess, ca. 600–900 AD · Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz · ID: 3052480
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 17 September 2011, lot 92
A. & B. Schirmer, Berlin, Germany
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 part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025, lot number 60 at that time and is currently available for EUR 800 in Open sale.
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Expertise
Thermoluminescence report, No. 449305, R. Kotalla, 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).