Auction on
18 September 2019 - 15:30 (CEST) -
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Collectors were undeterred by uncertainty over the holding of the sale, after Mexico's request to the French government for it to be cancelled, and came up with some fine results for the objects lovingly collected by the Aurances.
Mexico, Aztec culture imperial period (1350-1520), Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water, carved and polished volcanic stone, polychrome traces, 32.4 x 17.5 cm. Result: €377,000
Mexico, Aztec culture imperial period (1350-1520), Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water, carved and polished volcanic stone, polychrome traces, 32.4 x 17.5 cm. Result: €377,000
The couple never concealed their passion for Pre-Columbian art, nor were they niggardly in making loans to prestigious museum exhibitions – which included a Mayan bas-relief from the classical period (600-900 AD), knocked down here for €65,000. And when Guatemala demanded…
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