Anthropomorphic statue presenting a standing male... Lot 36

Anthropomorphic statue presenting a standing male figure with a carefully sculpted and balanced face and a rectangular band on the forehead. The solar plexus is marked by a circular cavity that originally was supposed to contain a stone inlay. Carved and polished Olmec hard stone from Guerrero, late Pre-Classical, 500-300 BC 25 x 8 x 5 cm Provenance: Acquired from Mr. Edwin Case, Brussels, 12 June 2005.