Lot 57
  • 57

An Olmec Stone Figure, Middle Preclassic, ca. 900-600 B.C.

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

in classic Olmec posture associated with standing meditation, the ancient breaks of the arms and legs smoothed down possibly indicating its use as an heirloom piece, wearing a belt and loincloth, the face with concentrated expression and with drilled earlobes; in dark blackish green serpentine. 

Provenance

Acquired in the 1960s

Catalogue Note

Cf. Coe, ed. (1995: pls. 21 and 19), for the type.