*Personnage debout

wearing a headdress, a waistcoat and a loincloth. The mouth is masked by a wide band that completes a helmet-shaped headdress decorated with an engraved grid. The nose is protruding. The eyes are oblong. The ears are adorned with tubular loops. A strand of hair escapes from the headdress and rests on the front of the right shoulder. The forearms are spread out from the body and the hands are open. The legs are long and massive. He is wearing a short sleeveless waistcoat decorated with small holes, held together by two ties, and a loincloth. Hollow brown-beige terracotta. Veracruz - Mexico, 600 - 900 AD 82 x 35 x 18.5 cm Provenance: Former Yvon Collet collection, 1968. Broken and glued in several parts and small restorations (visible from the inside) *This lot is presented in temporary importation