Olmec and Maya Artworks from Distinguished Pre-Colombian Collection Take Off

Result EUR454,180

Published on 13 July 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 29 June 2021 - 16:00 (CEST) - Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Collectors were attracted to the traceable provenance of this outstanding pre-Colombian art, notably from the Olmec and Maya cultures.

Mexico, Olmec culture, Middle pre-classical period, 900-400 BCE, acrobat in steatite... Olmec and Maya Artworks from Distinguished Pre-Colombian Collection Take Off

Mexico, Olmec culture, Middle pre-classical period, 900-400 BCE, acrobat in steatite with a brown patina, 23 x 26 cm/9.05 x 10.24 in.
Result: €454,180

The fifth part of the sale of a prestigious pre-Columbian art collection garnered the substantial total amount of €2,273,833. Once again, prices for a few pieces dating back centuries took off. The highest bid, €454,180, went to this incredible contortionist in steatite with a brown patina…

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IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ART - PART V

Tuesday 29 June 2021 - 16:00 (CEST) - Live

Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

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A Beautiful Olmec Contortionist

This rare, mysterious, good-sized Olmec sculpture, one of the world’s oldest depictions of acrobats, will be in part five of the sale of a prestigious collection of pre-Columbian art.