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Personnage
作品估价：EUR 15,000 - 25,000
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图录号：
19
拍品名称：
Personnage
拍品描述：
Property from a European Private Collection
Stone Figure in Animal Skin
Postclassic, circa AD 1350 - 1521
Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)
Ben Heller, New York, acquired prior to 1973
Private European Collection, acquired from the above
Thence by descent
Laurie Gwen Shapiro, "Design Hunting: The Frick of the Upper West Side"in New York Magazine, Fall 2017 - Winter 2018
The Denver Art Museum, 1998 - 2017, (TL 18281)
The seated figure is completely enveloped in the skin of a feline, indicating his possible warrior status.The highest ranking Aztec warriors were associated with the eagle or jaguar cults and wore helmets and skins of these avatars, the tlahuiztli was the costume denoting the chosen animal, worn for ceremony and possibly combat.
The feline head has large rounded bulging eyes and tightly coiled nostrils, the strong tongue extends down onto the folded arms of the figure, who peers out from within this massive animal head helmet. The figure rests in the classic posture of seated Aztec figures with the knees raised tightly to the body; here the animal's paws and clawed feet are carved on the limbs. On the figure's back is a four-pointed star emblem with two prongs on the top, such dorsal insignias are worn by high-ranking warriors.
For figures wearing animal and bird skins, see Eduardo Matos Moctezuma andFelipe Solís Olguín, Aztecs, London, 2002, p. 451, cat. no. 206, and p. 456, cat. no. 228.
The export of this property from France (including to other Member States of the European Union), as well as export from the European Union, may be subject to one or more export or import licenses being granted. Sotheby’s, upon request and for an administrative fee, may apply for a license to export your Lot(s) outside France.
L’exportation de ce bien hors de France (y compris vers d’autres pays de l’Union Européenne), ainsi que son exportation hors de l’Union Européenne, peuvent-être subordonnées à l’obtention d’une ou plusieurs autorisation(s) d’exporter ou d’importer. Sotheby’s, sur demande et contre paiement de frais administratifs, peut présenter une demande d’autorisation pour exporter votre(vos) Lot(s) hors de France.
Stone Figure in Animal Skin
Postclassic, circa AD 1350 - 1521
Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)
Ben Heller, New York, acquired prior to 1973
Private European Collection, acquired from the above
Thence by descent
Laurie Gwen Shapiro, "Design Hunting: The Frick of the Upper West Side"in New York Magazine, Fall 2017 - Winter 2018
The Denver Art Museum, 1998 - 2017, (TL 18281)
The seated figure is completely enveloped in the skin of a feline, indicating his possible warrior status.The highest ranking Aztec warriors were associated with the eagle or jaguar cults and wore helmets and skins of these avatars, the tlahuiztli was the costume denoting the chosen animal, worn for ceremony and possibly combat.
The feline head has large rounded bulging eyes and tightly coiled nostrils, the strong tongue extends down onto the folded arms of the figure, who peers out from within this massive animal head helmet. The figure rests in the classic posture of seated Aztec figures with the knees raised tightly to the body; here the animal's paws and clawed feet are carved on the limbs. On the figure's back is a four-pointed star emblem with two prongs on the top, such dorsal insignias are worn by high-ranking warriors.
For figures wearing animal and bird skins, see Eduardo Matos Moctezuma andFelipe Solís Olguín, Aztecs, London, 2002, p. 451, cat. no. 206, and p. 456, cat. no. 228.
The export of this property from France (including to other Member States of the European Union), as well as export from the European Union, may be subject to one or more export or import licenses being granted. Sotheby’s, upon request and for an administrative fee, may apply for a license to export your Lot(s) outside France.
L’exportation de ce bien hors de France (y compris vers d’autres pays de l’Union Européenne), ainsi que son exportation hors de l’Union Européenne, peuvent-être subordonnées à l’obtention d’une ou plusieurs autorisation(s) d’exporter ou d’importer. Sotheby’s, sur demande et contre paiement de frais administratifs, peut présenter une demande d’autorisation pour exporter votre(vos) Lot(s) hors de France.