Auction 12 December 2022 THE EMPIRES OF LIGHT [III] Three European private collections

Lot n° 1

Vénus de fertilité et de fécondité

She presents a Siamese figure with two heads and three eyes with differentiated looks. She is naked, wears a belt, and her hands, barely outlined, are directed towards the earth as a sign of blessing. Orange beige terracotta with discreet traces of...

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Lot n° 2

Très belle déesse callipyge

associated with a concept of fecundity and fertility. She is presented standing naked, her thighs generous and powerful, her thin arms with schematized hands directed towards the earth as a sign of blessing. Her eyes, stretched out, give her an interiorized...

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Lot n° 3

Déesse callipyge

of fecundity and fertility. She is presented naked, standing on powerful and generous thighs, her arms detached from her body with symbolically atrophied hands. Her head is finely modeled with a beautiful, attentive and timeless expression. She wears...

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Lot n° 4

Grande et belle tête de type « Baby face »

masterfully modeled face with a marked expression, open mouth, lips with feline contours and squinted eyes. Her skull has a deformity directed towards the back. These deformations were a sign of nobility. Beige and coffee red terracotta Olmec, Morelos,...

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Lot n° 5

Deux rarissimes sceaux tampons

of significant size. One presents motifs in the form of raptor talons personifying an ideogram probably associated with the power of the shaman lord. The other evokes the claws of howler monkeys with pelican heads whose shapes interlock with each other...

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Lot n° 6

Seigneur chaman guerrier

wearing a helmet on his head, decorated with an incised design in the form of stylized hallucinogenic mushrooms and hatched patterns. He is presented standing asexual with his arms slightly open, symbolically directed towards the earth. His face displays...

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Lot n° 7

Joueur de pelote

wearing a protective belt. He is standing, his torso swollen, his body moving, one of his arms raised and his hand placed on the back of his head. He stretches his body towards the sky and his face shows an intense expression, his gaze concentrated like...

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Lot n° 8

Trois petits masques diminutifs

presenting lordly faces with receding foreheads, rectangular ears and hieratic faces, each with a different expression. Turquoise carved, polished, pierced and patinated by time Teotihuacán, Valley of Mexico, Mexico, Classical period, 450-550 AD 2.4x1.7...

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Lot n° 9

Trois petits masques diminutifs

presenting lordly faces with receding foreheads, rectangular ears and hieratic faces, each with a different expression. Turquoise carved, polished, pierced and patinated by time Teotihuacán, Valley of Mexico, Mexico, Classical period, 450-550 AD 1.8x2.5...

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Lot n° 10

Cinq petits masques diminutifs

presenting lordly faces with receding foreheads, rectangular ears and hieratic faces, each with a different expression. Turquoise carved, polished, pierced and patinated by time (one missing on the forehead) Teotihuacán, Valley of Mexico, Mexico, Classical...

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Lot n° 11

Amulette sculptée d’une tête de canidé

eyes wide open with incision in symbolic crescent moon. Carved green jadeite, polished with transverse piercings, remains of cinnabar, slight alteration of the edge of the muzzle. Maya, Mexico, Late Classic period, AD 600-900 4.6 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm

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Lot n° 12

Superbe ornement

in the form of a medallion presenting the profile of a powerful lord, his face with a concentrated and hieratic expression surmounted by a rich headdress decorated with several totem animals gracefully intertwining with each other. This medallion with...

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Lot n° 13

Fiole

probably intended to contain potions or ointments with prophylactic virtues. Of quadrangular shape on a base and right angle ending with a hemmed neck with flat lips. It presents on two sides a standing lord richly adorned for a ceremony. He is holding...

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Lot n° 14

Exceptionnel vase

of circular form on a flat disc. The decoration is engraved and painted in reserve. It is based on two animated scenes interspersed with bands of glyphs arranged vertically and in steps. The first scene depicts a powerful lord richly dressed, seated,...

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Lot n° 15

Pointe de lance

with symmetrical edge, retouching in scales accentuating the edge. Slightly concave base Obsidian jaspered black, stained and ribbed red, patina of time Colima, western Mexico, 100 BC-250 AD 11.3 x 5.9 cm

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Lot n° 16

Grande tête de divinité

presenting a face with a beautiful, intense, soft and timeless expression. He wears a helmet on his head decorated with symbolic motifs in relief. Tubular ornaments on the ears indicate his important status within the clan. Salmon beige and coffee red...

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Lot n° 17

Paire de boucles d’oreilles

with beautiful pure and balanced forms. They are adorned with two rings in relief decorated with ovals. Gold and silver, cut, rolled and melted with lost wax Tumaco, Ecuador, 500 BC-500 AD 3.9 x 3 cm; 14.71 g These earrings are an admirable example...

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Lot n° 18

Vase à aspersion rituelle

intended for offerings to the Mother Earth goddess. It presents a hut with a hemispherical roof and an entrance door with lintels modeled in relief. Polychrome terracotta, marks of time Nazca, Peru, 200-600 AD 16,5 x 13 cm

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Lot n° 19

Rare cuillère cérémonielle

probably intended for the absorption of hallucinogenic potion. The handle is decorated with a crocodile fish deity with two abstract geometric heads. It is modeled at its end with a seated priest holding a receptacle in his hands. In its back a feline...

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Lot n° 20

Rare tête de massue ou tenon ornemental

It presents a chief with his eyes wide open, his nose powerful and his mouth feline, evoking his link with the jaguar of which he is the representative to his people. Carved and polished granitic hard stone, marks of time and use. Chavin, Peru, Ancient...

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Lot n° 21

Cinq éléments de ponchos

Superb set presenting a hunter with his bow, the orc gladiator god and three shamans holding flowers and ritual instruments. Complex weaving of multicolored camelid threads Paracas, Peru, 300-100 B.C. 4,3x3 - 4,5x3,5 - 4x3 - 4,5x2,7- 3,5x1,5 cm

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Lot n° 22

*Paire de mâts

used as a cradle or loom support. They are decorated at their ends with protective standing deities wearing rich ponchos and a crown with feline ears. They are engraved with inverted birds gracefully interlocking with each other. It is rare to find pillars...

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Lot n° 23

*Vase étrier

presenting a young humanized monkey sitting gracefully on the body, the tail forming a spiral evoking a sea wave. Beige terracotta, with traces of cinnabar, marks of time, good general state of conservation. Chavin, Peru, 900-300 B.C. 17 x 14.2 x...

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Lot n° 24

*Paire de vases de type Memento Mori

personifying the passage from life to the afterlife. They are decorated with scrolls and their mandibles symbolize a stylized temple staircase. Beige terracotta with coffee red decoration, marks of time Mochica, Peru, 200-600 AD 13x11,2 - 13,1x11,1...

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Lot n° 25

*Vase funéraire

representing a jaguar. The body of the animal is the container. The jaguar is represented leaning on its four legs. Its coat is evoked by oblique lines while the spots of its coat are formed by means of incised circles. Its status as a predator and its...

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Lot n° 26

*Vase étrier

It is characterized by its handle formed by the arched body of a snake, the neck of which is decorated with stylized feathers. The body of the reptile is incised and decorated with red, orange and cream paint. On either side, the head and tail of the...

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Lot n° 27

*Vase chanteur à doubles panses

One of them modeled of the effigy of a figure with a skeletal face, his powerful hands crossed on the knees. He wears a poncho with a licia cape and a hood on his head. This work evokes the passage to another world and the duality between life and death....

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Lot n° 28

*Chef « Coquero »

presented seated on his throne in a hieratic posture. He wears a belt with a rectangular loincloth, his rib cage slightly marked and his face decorated with ritual paintings. He chews coca leaves. His eyes are exorbitant under the effect of the psychotropic...

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Lot n° 29

*Exceptionnelle statue

presenting a warrior dignitary, a sacrificial priest or an agrarian deity. He is standing, his waist covered by a wide belt, his torso inflated, his powerful stature camped on massive legs. He is brandishing an axe with his left hand, and clutching a...

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Lot n° 30

*Puissante masse d’arme

carved with a stylized nocturnal raptor with beautiful naturalistic forms. Carved and polished hard stone (calcite, crystalline dolomitic) with old marks of oxidation and time. Guanacaste Nicoya, Costa Rica, end of period V, 100 to 500 AD. 9 x 8.2...

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Lot n° 31

*Sculpture zoomorphe

representing a ceremonial metate in the form of a jaguar. The stylized body of the feline takes the form of a quadrangular tray and the four legs serve as feet. The head and body are decorated with geometric patterns that may refer either to the animal's...

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Lot n° 32

*Idole

with the purified features to the extreme of a great modernism. It personifies a shaman in a state of transformation from man to a nocturnal raptor. White volcanic tuff, sculpted and semi-polished, marks of time. Good general state of conservation. Valdivia,...

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Lot n° 33

*Stèle cérémonielle - Cosmogramme

Ceremonial stelae like this one are generally described as cosmograms, or representations of the location of stars in the sky. They could also have served as instruments of mediation or as divinatory systems. The simplicity of its forms and the extreme...

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Lot n° 34

*Chamane métamorphosé en jaguar

The human attitude is translated by his posture, standing on his two legs, but his wild attributes make him leave the world of men to assimilate the animal world. The face adopts the features of a feline, notably the shape of its rounded skull and erect...

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Lot n° 35

*Vase zoomorphe

presenting a duck with beautiful stylized forms, the beak placed on its plumage and the wings folded, each of them decorated with motifs evoking primitive glyphs. The x-shaped glyph is often represented among the Olmecs, symbolizing the meeting of opposing...

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Lot n° 36

*Vase cérémoniel

deeply incised with stylized claws probably symbolizing a glyph or a mark of shamanic power. Orange terracotta with some traces of fire, marks of time. Olmec, Las Bocas, Mexico, Pre-Classic period, 900 to 600 BC 8 x 16 cm Provenance: former Samuel...

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Lot n° 37

*Statuette

presenting a standing nude figure with a swollen torso and arms detached from the body. His face, feet, hands and lower abdomen are decorated with ceremonial paintings. Polychrome terracotta, slight wear of the slip on the arms and turban, marks of time,...

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Lot n° 38

*Hache votive

with beautiful pure and balanced forms. Green veined and speckled jadeite. Olmec, Veracruz, Mexico, 900-600 B.C. 19.9 x 10.3 x 4 cm Provenance: former M. Hugue collection, 1968 Among the Olmecs, as among many civilizations throughout the world,...

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Lot n° 39

*Sculpture anthropomorphe

representing a standing character. The head and the legs are free. The right arm is half bent. The left arm is missing. The head is elongated by a ritual deformation of the skull. The skull, spherical, is shaved. The open mouth reveals the gums. The...

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Lot n° 40

*Sculpture anthropomorphe

representing a standing character. The body is stylized. The legs are free and slightly bent. The folds of the groin are marked and the sex is apparent. The arms are stretched along the chest, the shoulders are wide and rounded. The oval head is realistically...

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Lot n° 41

*Masque cultuel

presenting a face with a blooming expression accentuated by the mouth and the open eyes, the cheekbones are marked in relief. It is delimited on each side by a rectangular protrusion with two conical holes evoking the use of a primitive drill bit. This...

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Lot n° 42

*Important masque cultuel

presenting a face with a bulging forehead, the arch of the eyebrows in visor and the massive nose in relief. His features purified to the extreme in a great modernism confers to this work a magnificent interiorized and timeless expressiveness. Green...

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Lot n° 43

*Idole anthropomorphe

presenting a character with powerful and rounded forms, the hands placed on the belly in a nourishing gesture and the face with a slightly wrathful expression. Speckled, carved and polished serpentine Mezcala type M22, State of Guerrero, Mexico 400-100...

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Lot n° 44

*Rare idole anthropomorphe

presenting a standing character with his hands resting on the edge of his sex marked in relief. The forehead is decorated with a diadem in projection, symbolizing the head of a stylized feline, a sacred animal for this people. This frontal ornament can...

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Lot n° 45

*Idole anthropomorphe

presenting a character with geometrical forms, the features purified to the extreme, the arms evoked by two regular incisions symbolizing perhaps the wings of a mythical bird of prey, the face is sculpted in light relief. The shadowy look under the frontal...

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Lot n° 46

*Temple à quatre colonnes

and stepped capitals surmounted by an animal figure with stylized features. The foot is decorated with a central staircase of balanced proportion. Microcrystalline limestone, light veil of limestone concretion, marks of time Mezcala, Guerrero region,...

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Lot n° 47

*Idole Ghost Figure

with the head sculpted in projection and the lower body evoking the folded wings of a stylized bird. Carved and polished hard stone (beige speckled serpentine), marks of time. Mezcala type M16, State of Guerrero, Mexico, 350-100 B.C. 14.5 x 6 x 3.7...

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Lot n° 48

*Idole

presenting a standing figure, the body and the head with stylized features and the forehead in visor conferring to the glance a timeless expressiveness. The arms are represented by two linear incisions balanced in v. Carved and polished hard stone (veined...

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Lot n° 49

*Très belle Idole

presenting a standing figure with stylized features purified to the extreme, of a great modernism. His head is sculpted on rigorously straight shoulders with angular ends at 45 degrees. The face is articulated on triangular forms with various protruding...

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Lot n° 50

*Temple à deux colonnes

with five steps. Brown calcitic stone slightly cloudy. Marks of time, broken and glued in one place. Mezcala, State of Guerrero, Mexico, 400-100 B.C. 10.8 x 5.5 x 2.3 cm Provenance: former Stéphane Janssen collection (1936-2020) since 1968 Bibliography:...

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Auction 12 December 2022 THE EMPIRES OF LIGHT [III] Three European private collections - Paris

Bid on the lot list Millon : 12 December 2022 - Art de l'Amérique Précolombienne Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

THE EMPIRES OF LIGHT [III] Three European private collections

Vénus de fertilité et de fécondité

She presents a Siamese figure with two heads and three eyes with differentiated looks. She is naked, wears a belt, and her hands, barely outlined, are directed towards the earth as a sign of blessing. Orange beige terracotta with discreet traces of...

Très belle déesse callipyge

associated with a concept of fecundity and fertility. She is presented standing naked, her thighs generous and powerful, her thin arms with schematized hands directed towards the earth as a sign of blessing. Her eyes, stretched out, give her an interiorized...

Déesse callipyge

of fecundity and fertility. She is presented naked, standing on powerful and generous thighs, her arms detached from her body with symbolically atrophied hands. Her head is finely modeled with a beautiful, attentive and timeless expression. She wears...

Grande et belle tête de type « Baby face »

masterfully modeled face with a marked expression, open mouth, lips with feline contours and squinted eyes. Her skull has a deformity directed towards the back. These deformations were a sign of nobility. Beige and coffee red terracotta Olmec, Morelos,...

Deux rarissimes sceaux tampons

of significant size. One presents motifs in the form of raptor talons personifying an ideogram probably associated with the power of the shaman lord. The other evokes the claws of howler monkeys with pelican heads whose shapes interlock with each other...

Seigneur chaman guerrier

wearing a helmet on his head, decorated with an incised design in the form of stylized hallucinogenic mushrooms and hatched patterns. He is presented standing asexual with his arms slightly open, symbolically directed towards the earth. His face displays...

Joueur de pelote

wearing a protective belt. He is standing, his torso swollen, his body moving, one of his arms raised and his hand placed on the back of his head. He stretches his body towards the sky and his face shows an intense expression, his gaze concentrated like...

Trois petits masques diminutifs

presenting lordly faces with receding foreheads, rectangular ears and hieratic faces, each with a different expression. Turquoise carved, polished, pierced and patinated by time Teotihuacán, Valley of Mexico, Mexico, Classical period, 450-550 AD 2.4x1.7...

Trois petits masques diminutifs

presenting lordly faces with receding foreheads, rectangular ears and hieratic faces, each with a different expression. Turquoise carved, polished, pierced and patinated by time Teotihuacán, Valley of Mexico, Mexico, Classical period, 450-550 AD 1.8x2.5...

Cinq petits masques diminutifs

presenting lordly faces with receding foreheads, rectangular ears and hieratic faces, each with a different expression. Turquoise carved, polished, pierced and patinated by time (one missing on the forehead) Teotihuacán, Valley of Mexico, Mexico, Classical...

Amulette sculptée d’une tête de canidé

eyes wide open with incision in symbolic crescent moon. Carved green jadeite, polished with transverse piercings, remains of cinnabar, slight alteration of the edge of the muzzle. Maya, Mexico, Late Classic period, AD 600-900 4.6 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm

Superbe ornement

in the form of a medallion presenting the profile of a powerful lord, his face with a concentrated and hieratic expression surmounted by a rich headdress decorated with several totem animals gracefully intertwining with each other. This medallion with...

Fiole

probably intended to contain potions or ointments with prophylactic virtues. Of quadrangular shape on a base and right angle ending with a hemmed neck with flat lips. It presents on two sides a standing lord richly adorned for a ceremony. He is holding...

Exceptionnel vase

of circular form on a flat disc. The decoration is engraved and painted in reserve. It is based on two animated scenes interspersed with bands of glyphs arranged vertically and in steps. The first scene depicts a powerful lord richly dressed, seated,...

Pointe de lance

with symmetrical edge, retouching in scales accentuating the edge. Slightly concave base Obsidian jaspered black, stained and ribbed red, patina of time Colima, western Mexico, 100 BC-250 AD 11.3 x 5.9 cm

Grande tête de divinité

presenting a face with a beautiful, intense, soft and timeless expression. He wears a helmet on his head decorated with symbolic motifs in relief. Tubular ornaments on the ears indicate his important status within the clan. Salmon beige and coffee red...

Paire de boucles d’oreilles

with beautiful pure and balanced forms. They are adorned with two rings in relief decorated with ovals. Gold and silver, cut, rolled and melted with lost wax Tumaco, Ecuador, 500 BC-500 AD 3.9 x 3 cm; 14.71 g These earrings are an admirable example...

Vase à aspersion rituelle

intended for offerings to the Mother Earth goddess. It presents a hut with a hemispherical roof and an entrance door with lintels modeled in relief. Polychrome terracotta, marks of time Nazca, Peru, 200-600 AD 16,5 x 13 cm

Rare cuillère cérémonielle

probably intended for the absorption of hallucinogenic potion. The handle is decorated with a crocodile fish deity with two abstract geometric heads. It is modeled at its end with a seated priest holding a receptacle in his hands. In its back a feline...

Rare tête de massue ou tenon ornemental

It presents a chief with his eyes wide open, his nose powerful and his mouth feline, evoking his link with the jaguar of which he is the representative to his people. Carved and polished granitic hard stone, marks of time and use. Chavin, Peru, Ancient...

Cinq éléments de ponchos

Superb set presenting a hunter with his bow, the orc gladiator god and three shamans holding flowers and ritual instruments. Complex weaving of multicolored camelid threads Paracas, Peru, 300-100 B.C. 4,3x3 - 4,5x3,5 - 4x3 - 4,5x2,7- 3,5x1,5 cm

*Paire de mâts

used as a cradle or loom support. They are decorated at their ends with protective standing deities wearing rich ponchos and a crown with feline ears. They are engraved with inverted birds gracefully interlocking with each other. It is rare to find pillars...

*Vase étrier

presenting a young humanized monkey sitting gracefully on the body, the tail forming a spiral evoking a sea wave. Beige terracotta, with traces of cinnabar, marks of time, good general state of conservation. Chavin, Peru, 900-300 B.C. 17 x 14.2 x...

*Paire de vases de type Memento Mori

personifying the passage from life to the afterlife. They are decorated with scrolls and their mandibles symbolize a stylized temple staircase. Beige terracotta with coffee red decoration, marks of time Mochica, Peru, 200-600 AD 13x11,2 - 13,1x11,1...

*Vase funéraire

representing a jaguar. The body of the animal is the container. The jaguar is represented leaning on its four legs. Its coat is evoked by oblique lines while the spots of its coat are formed by means of incised circles. Its status as a predator and its...

*Vase étrier

It is characterized by its handle formed by the arched body of a snake, the neck of which is decorated with stylized feathers. The body of the reptile is incised and decorated with red, orange and cream paint. On either side, the head and tail of the...

*Vase chanteur à doubles panses

One of them modeled of the effigy of a figure with a skeletal face, his powerful hands crossed on the knees. He wears a poncho with a licia cape and a hood on his head. This work evokes the passage to another world and the duality between life and death....

*Chef « Coquero »

presented seated on his throne in a hieratic posture. He wears a belt with a rectangular loincloth, his rib cage slightly marked and his face decorated with ritual paintings. He chews coca leaves. His eyes are exorbitant under the effect of the psychotropic...

*Exceptionnelle statue

presenting a warrior dignitary, a sacrificial priest or an agrarian deity. He is standing, his waist covered by a wide belt, his torso inflated, his powerful stature camped on massive legs. He is brandishing an axe with his left hand, and clutching a...

*Puissante masse d’arme

carved with a stylized nocturnal raptor with beautiful naturalistic forms. Carved and polished hard stone (calcite, crystalline dolomitic) with old marks of oxidation and time. Guanacaste Nicoya, Costa Rica, end of period V, 100 to 500 AD. 9 x 8.2...

*Sculpture zoomorphe

representing a ceremonial metate in the form of a jaguar. The stylized body of the feline takes the form of a quadrangular tray and the four legs serve as feet. The head and body are decorated with geometric patterns that may refer either to the animal's...

*Idole

with the purified features to the extreme of a great modernism. It personifies a shaman in a state of transformation from man to a nocturnal raptor. White volcanic tuff, sculpted and semi-polished, marks of time. Good general state of conservation. Valdivia,...

*Stèle cérémonielle - Cosmogramme

Ceremonial stelae like this one are generally described as cosmograms, or representations of the location of stars in the sky. They could also have served as instruments of mediation or as divinatory systems. The simplicity of its forms and the extreme...

*Chamane métamorphosé en jaguar

The human attitude is translated by his posture, standing on his two legs, but his wild attributes make him leave the world of men to assimilate the animal world. The face adopts the features of a feline, notably the shape of its rounded skull and erect...

*Vase zoomorphe

presenting a duck with beautiful stylized forms, the beak placed on its plumage and the wings folded, each of them decorated with motifs evoking primitive glyphs. The x-shaped glyph is often represented among the Olmecs, symbolizing the meeting of opposing...

*Vase cérémoniel

deeply incised with stylized claws probably symbolizing a glyph or a mark of shamanic power. Orange terracotta with some traces of fire, marks of time. Olmec, Las Bocas, Mexico, Pre-Classic period, 900 to 600 BC 8 x 16 cm Provenance: former Samuel...

*Statuette

presenting a standing nude figure with a swollen torso and arms detached from the body. His face, feet, hands and lower abdomen are decorated with ceremonial paintings. Polychrome terracotta, slight wear of the slip on the arms and turban, marks of time,...

*Hache votive

with beautiful pure and balanced forms. Green veined and speckled jadeite. Olmec, Veracruz, Mexico, 900-600 B.C. 19.9 x 10.3 x 4 cm Provenance: former M. Hugue collection, 1968 Among the Olmecs, as among many civilizations throughout the world,...

*Sculpture anthropomorphe