261 - A rare and exceptional sculpture depicting a dignitary, a god in a seated position. The imposing head accounts for nearly half the figure’s height. The face is powerful and expressive, with beautiful modeling executed with mastery and restraint by the sculptor. The earrings still bear traces of red cinnabar, creating a striking contrast with the sky-blue headband holding back the long hair.

A rare and exceptional sculpture depicting a dignitary, a god in a seated position. The imposing head accounts for nearly half the figure’s height. The face is powerful and expressive, with beautiful modeling executed with mastery and restraint by the sculptor. The earrings still bear traces of red cinnabar, creating a striking contrast with the sky-blue headband holding back the long hair. Vesicular basalt, with significant traces of polychromy. Mexico, Valley of Mexico, Aztec civilization. 1300–1521 AD. Height: 36 cm. Provenance: John Platt Collection, USA Harmer Rooke, New York, The John Platt Collection and others, June 26, 1995, lot no. 40. Private collection, Brussels Passed down through the family