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Millon

180 - Standing male figure

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€2,000 - 3,000

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30%

Standing male figure depicted from the front, wearing a crown consisting of a triangular diadem flanked by two side wings. The face features coffee-bean-shaped eyes, a closed mouth, and ears formed of spirals. His arms are bent, and his hands hold a rope stretched horizontally. His torso is bare, girded by a double-row sash that extends into a stylized loincloth shaped like a serpent’s head. The legs are straight, the feet webbed, and adorned with lateral bird-shaped pendants hanging from the ankles. A loop is fitted on the back. Gold, lost-wax casting; shows signs of wear and age Diquís, Costa Rica, late Period V, transition to Period VI, circa 700–1550 CE H: 5.4 cm; W: 3.9 cm. Weight: 24.86 g Provenance: Paris-Drouot auction, Fraysse & Associés auction house, November 4, 2009, lot 120 in the catalog (on the cover). Formerly in the private collection of Mr. G.

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Thursday, November 26
02:00 PM
3, rue Rossini
75009 Paris, France

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Millon +33 1 47 27 95 34 rbeot@millon.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 580,000 lots published

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