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- Person seated on a two-legged seat.
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19
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- Person seated on a two-legged seat.
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,800 - €2,200
Voluntary lot
Description
- Person seated on a two-legged seat.
Orange, beige and coffee-red terracotta, marks of time.
Colima, western Mexico, 100 BC - 250 AD
52 x 23 x 22 cm
Provenance :
Piasa sale, Paris, 11 April 2000, lot no. 93
Jouan SVV sale, Paris, 30 April 2006, lot no. 72
In the Colima culture, human figures are often depicted in simple attitudes associated with ritual practices. This young seated figure is holding his hand to his mouth in a gesture that may suggest the ingestion of a substance, possibly hallucinogenic. These practices, attested to in Western Mexico, are part of ceremonial contexts. The composition is sober and direct, emphasising the gesture and the presence of the figure.
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