An ancient and very beautiful anthropomorphic... Lot 10

An ancient and very beautiful anthropomorphic pendant axe, the arms and hands folded over the body by a pattern of very pure horizontal engravings as well as for the mouth and of a magnificent modernity, polished on the face and testifying at the back to the ancient technique of cutting the stone with rope and abrasives. Guanacaste - Nicoya culture, 300 to 700 AD, Costa Rica or Panama Green stone, encrusted traces of roots from a long burial, minor accidents, very beautiful and old patina. H. 16,2 cm Provenance : Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection.