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View full size Standing human character also called “Smiling Face” Light brown ceramic with a slightly shiny surface. Height: 35 cm Totonac culture, ca 450-650 AD. JC State of VeraCruz, Mexico. Broken and stuck. Thermoluminescence Test, Re.S.Artes,
View full size Maya vase with lid 6.jpg Maya vase with lid 2.jpg Maya vase with lid 3.jpg Maya vase with lid 1.jpg Maya vase with lid 4.jpg Vase Maye.jpg Engraved polished brown ceramic tetrapod vase with a lid topped by a frog, Mayan culture. Engraved tetrapod va
View full size Mask representing a human face. Tecali (Mexican onyx of a rather honey yellow color with sometimes light green veins) Height: 15 cm Width: 16 cm Teotihuacan culture, ca 0-600 AD Mexico In Europe before September 1979 Former Madame Francis Pratt colle
View full size Hacha representing a man's face wearing a helmet made of a bird's beak. White/yellow stone with presence of cinnabar. Height: 13.5 cm Width: 7.5 cm Thickness: 9 cm Culture of the State of VeraCruz, ca 450-750 AD M
View full size Whistle representing a magnificent seated woman with an elaborate head-dress. Brown-orange ceramic with white stucco and blue pigments remains. High: 15 cm Maya Culture, ca 550-950 AD Jaina Island, Mexico. DLZ collection, Paris. Purchased from Ja
View full size “From the Amazon to the Loire”: until Sunday September 12 in #orleans at #impressiongalerieorleans. The #pre-Columbian #artexhibition continues!!!
View full size Exhibition / Gallery at the Empreinte Hotel From Thursday September 9, 2021 to Sunday September 12, 2021 The exhibition From the Amazon to the Loire is on view for the first time at the Empreinte Gallery in Orléan
View full size This standing man is stylized in his representation. The legs are delimited by a groove and the arms too. The forearms are in slight relief. The fingers are well marked. The conical shaped head shows a face with a triangular nose, a mouth marked by a
View full size Portrait-vase with adornment. Brown-beige ceramic. Height: 26 cm Width: 25 cm. Mochica culture, ca 300-700 AD Peru. Breaks and professionally restored. This vase is called a "portrait vase" because it corresponds to a very specific type
View full size Mask representing a human face. Serpentine. High: 15.7 cm Width: 15.8 cm Thickness: 7 cm Teotihuacan Culture, ca 400-600 AD Mexico European private collection. Allan Stone collection, New York, 70's-80's Condition report available on request. #
View full size Have you ever seen an #owl in #stone? 🦉🦉🦉 Valdvia carved block Volcanic stone Height: 25.6 cm Width: 9.5 cm Thickness: 6.5 cm Ca 3550-2500 BC Ecuador French private collection since the 60's. One think it is the representational of an
View full size Mask representing a stylized human face. Hammered sheet silver with cinnabar and gold (tumbaga) remains. High: 10-1/4” Width: 12-3/4” Sican Culture, ca 800-1000 AD Lambayeque Valley, South coast, Peru. Ex-American private collection (