*Jeune dignitaire assis
the body with the powerful musculature, its arms taking support on the thighs. He wears a knotted loincloth with a truncated shell-shaped sex cover. His face displays a magnificent, hieratic and intense expression, the look accentuated by half-closed eyes.
There is a sense of quiet strength in this work, with remarkable artistic lines.
Coffee red terracotta with traces of manganese oxide, marks of time, good general state of conservation.
Colima, Western Mexico, 100-250 AD
30 x 24.6 x 22.5 cm
Provenance: former Emeric Huguet collection, 1968
