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**Originally Listed At $300**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved stone figure of highly abstract form bearing a tapered body, a planar verso, and a conical head that rises above the minimalist visage. Remains of string-cut decorations as well as the original caliche surfaces are still visible across the composition. Size: 1.8" L x 2.3" W x 6.125" H (4.6 cm x 5.8 cm x 15.6 cm)
Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966
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#177878
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved stone figure of highly abstract form bearing a tapered body, a planar verso, and a conical head that rises above the minimalist visage. Remains of string-cut decorations as well as the original caliche surfaces are still visible across the composition. Size: 1.8" L x 2.3" W x 6.125" H (4.6 cm x 5.8 cm x 15.6 cm)
Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#177878
Condition
Light earthen deposits, with wear to caliche surfaces, softening to finer details, some small calcifications, and chips across several areas, otherwise in very good condition. Nice caliche remaining in several areas.
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Abstract Guerrero Mezcala Stone Figure
$300.00
$450
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