Olmec to Aztec: A Collection of Majestic Beauties

Published on 25 June 2021, by Claire Papon

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

These works gathered by an American collector and sold by his family shed light on the art of pre-Colombian Mexico, especially from the Olmec, Maya and Veracruz cultures.

Mexico, Chiapas, Maya culture (600–900). Incense stand depicting a seated ruler,... Olmec to Aztec: A Collection of Majestic Beauties

Mexico, Chiapas, Maya culture (600–900). Incense stand depicting a seated ruler, polychrome modeled ceramic, 58 x 40 x 36 cm/22.83 x 15.74 x 14.17 in.
Estimate: €175,000/200,000

Bought by its owner in 2003, a figure of an Olmec acrobat that made the cover of La Gazette no. 24 is expected to fetch between €200,000 and €300,000 . A light-veined dark green serpentine votive ax depicting the jaguar-man of Olmec culture (900-400 BCE)…

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IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ART - PART V

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

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