SEAT FIGURE MEZCALA CULTURE, STATE OF GUERRERO, MEXICO RECENT PRECLASSICAL, 300-100 AV. AD Grey-green diorite H. 10.8 cm - W. 4.2 cm Mezcala seated figure, grey-green diorite, Mexico City H. 4 ¼ in - W. 1 ¾ in Provenance: Galerie Wagner, Geneva, before 1975 Former Swiss collection (Certificate of authenticity of 15 April 1975, B. Wagner) Clam Galerie, Lyon Sale Binoche et Giquello, Paris, 28 March 2014, lot 90 Private collection, France

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