Description:

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. A very rare stone carving that combines a traditional Guerrero stone temple model and a Guerrero carved stone human. Carved in gray-green hard stone with twin column temple upon which is lying a small recumbent figure. It is postured that this perhaps represents a funerary scene, perhaps of a great lord. Features of both temple and figure string cut and hand-polished. Rare and fine! Size: 3.25" W x 4.5" H (8.3 cm x 11.4 cm); 5.5" H (14 cm) on included custom stand.

For a very similar example see MEZCALA, Ancient Stone Sculpture From Guerrero mexico, by Carlo Gay and Francis Pratt, Plate 187.

Provenance: ex-Splendors of the World, Haiku, Hawaii, USA, before 2010

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Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.

#173408

  • Condition: Tiny chip to right proper foot else quite excellent.

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