*Temple à quatre colonnes Lot n° 46

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, Mexico, 400-100 B.C. 10.2 x 8 x 3 cm Provenance: former Yvon Collet collection since 1968 Bibliography: Mezcala, Carlo Gay, Francis Pratt, éditions Balsas, Geneva, 1992, page 166 to 182 for temples of this type, described by the authors as models of architecture