A Pre-Columbian Standing Figure
A Pre-Columbian Standing Figure
Green Diorite
Mezcala Culture, Guerrero Region, Mexico Late Pre-Classic 300 BC to 100 BC
SIZE: 15cm high, 5cm wide, 4cm deep - 6 ins high, 2 cm wide, 1½ ins deep
Green Diorite
Mezcala Culture, Guerrero Region, Mexico Late Pre-Classic 300 BC to 100 BC
SIZE: 15cm high, 5cm wide, 4cm deep - 6 ins high, 2 cm wide, 1½ ins deep
A Pre-Columbian Standing Figure
Green Diorite
Mezcala Culture, Guerrero Region, Mexico Late Pre-Classic 300 BC to 100 BC
SIZE: 15cm high, 5cm wide, 4cm deep - 6 ins high, 2 cm wide, 1½ ins deep
Green Diorite
Mezcala Culture, Guerrero Region, Mexico Late Pre-Classic 300 BC to 100 BC
SIZE: 15cm high, 5cm wide, 4cm deep - 6 ins high, 2 cm wide, 1½ ins deep
From the mountainous region of Guerrero in modern-day Mexico, the Mezcala culture is famous for its prolific production of stone sculpture, which includes human figures, animal effigies and architectural models, dating from 300 - 100 BC. Little is known about this ancient civilisation, other than that it chose to bury its dead with these abstract, esoteric stone carvings, and that it was the only one of the Mesoamerican civilisations to have been so focused on architecture.
Rupert Wace Ltd. June, 2000
Ex Private London collection
Ex Private London collection
A Pre-Columbian Standing Figure
SOLD
