*Idole anthropomorphe
presenting a character with powerful and rounded forms, the hands placed on the belly in a nourishing gesture and the face with a slightly wrathful expression.
Speckled, carved and polished serpentine
Mezcala type M22, State of Guerrero, Mexico 400-100 B.C.
15.2 x 9.3 x 5.8 cm
Provenance: former Stéphane Janssen collection (1936-2020) since 1966
Bibliography: Mezcala, Carlo Gay, Francis Pratt, éditions Balsas, Geneva, 1992, p. 24, fig. 7, for an idol of this type.
