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THBMezcala Standing Green Stone Axe God
Lot 211
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A very fine Mezcala axe god figure, hand-carved from mottled greenstone, likely dark green serpentine with attractive contrasting light inclusions that create striking patterns which sweep across the stone. The figure stands upon delineated legs that taper to a point - hence the name "axe god." This particular Mezcala axe god exhibits features characteristic of M-22/M-24 Mezcala figures. The Mezcala style underwent a gradual evolutionary process, and M-22/M-24 were among the most advanced of the Mezcala types. Whereas previous types presented relatively subtle facial features, this example presents a strong expression with a jutting nose and mouth, deep curving orbital cavities, a broad jaw, pronounced cheeks, ears, a crest of hair atop the domed head, and hands with three incised fingers meeting over the abdominal region. These details were created via a painstaking string-cutting process. Size: 4.375" H (11.1 cm); 4.625" H (11.7 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically-similar example of the M22 type, please see: Gay, Carlos. "MEZCALA: Ancient Stone Sculpture from Guerrero, Mexico." Balsas Publications, Geneva, 1992, pp. 90-91, plates 75-76.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Allan Long collection, acquired in 1990s
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#151529Superb condition. Nice deposits on surfaces of interior legs.Condition
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