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Figure baby face with asymmetrical headdress
Beige terracott…
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78
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Figure baby face with asymmetrical headdress
Beige terracott…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,500
Voluntary lot
Description
Figure baby face
with asymmetrical headdress
Beige terracotta with discrete traces of polychromy, head and arms broken and glued, marks of time.
Olmec, Kaminaljuyu region, Guatemala, Middle Preclassic, 1000 - 550 BC
18.8 × 8.2 cm
Provenance: acquired from the ICA Gallery, Arte Precolombino, Barcelona, October 1996
Digital copy of thermoluminescence analysis by the Kotalla laboratory, June 1993
Olmec culture exerted an exceptional influence far beyond its area of origin, as evidenced by centres such as Kaminaljuyu. The baby face figures, combining a childlike body with a serious, concentrated expression, embody this founding thought. This one stands out for the uniqueness of its asymmetrical headdress and the tension of its raised arms with stylised hands pointing towards the ground. The softness of the forms, the density of the volumes and the frontal expressiveness of the face make this piece particularly characteristic of the baby face aesthetic, in the version that spread to the Guatemalan highlands and later Mesoamerican cultures.
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