Figure masculine debout "cara sonrientes", env. 600 - 800 apr. J.-C. ·  Mexique, Veracruz · ID: 3052985

Description

ceramic, holding a rattle, rest.

The significance of these figures - the only cheerful depictions within the otherwise blood-soaked Olympus of the ancient Mexican pantheon - remains unclear. One hypothesis suggests that they represent young people under the influence of intoxicants who, as part of a fertility ritual, joyfully anticipate their sacrificial death and the associated existence in a better afterlife. Many of these figures were also ritually broken.

L’objet Figure masculine debout “cara sonrientes”, env. 600 - 800 apr. J.-C. numéro d’objet 3052985, a fait partie de la Vente aux enchères 106 le 25 avril 2026, numéro de lot 31 et est actuellement disponible pour 2 500 € en Vente libre.

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Littérature comparée

Leyenaar, Ted u.a., Von Küste zu Küste, o.O. 1992, p. 125

Remarques

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