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Chicomecóatl, Aztec goddess of corn and abundance
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Chicomecóatl, Aztec goddess of corn and abundance
Close-grai…
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Estimate €12,000 - €18,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Chicomecóatl, Aztec goddess of corn and abundance
Close-grained volcanic stone, carved and semi-polished, discrete pigment remains, marks of time.
Aztec, Mexico, Late Postclassic, circa 1200-1521 AD
39 × 17 cm.
Provenance: former Alt-Amerika Gallery, Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart.
Castor & Hara sale, Paris-Drouot, 8 June 2010, catalogue no. 45.
Copy of the certificate issued by Peter David Joralemon, 10 July 1994.
Published by
- Faszination Alt-Amerika, Verlag Arte-Amerika, Stuttgart, 2002, p. 46, pl. 15.
Chicomecóatl, "Seven Serpents", is the great food goddess of the Aztec pantheon, directly associated with harvests, agricultural fertility and abundance. Her representations invariably show her holding ears of corn - attributes that unambiguously identify her - and wearing a tall, architectural headdress that evokes the ritual buildings associated with agrarian ceremonies. This statue perfectly illustrates these iconographic canons: the hieratic front, the rectangular skirt, the stylised side plaits framing a face of great serenity, and the cavity at the top for offerings confirm the object's cult function. The tight-grained volcanic stone, sculpted and semi-polished with great skill, gives this goddess a monumental presence and symbolic density characteristic of the best pieces from the late post-classical period in Central Mexico.
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