OLMEQUE, Pre-Classical period, Mexico, 1000 - 600 B.C. - Lot 118

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OLMEQUE, Pre-Classical period, Mexico, 1000 - 600 B.C. - Lot 118
OLMEQUE, Pre-Classical period, Mexico, 1000 - 600 B.C. Baby Face head showing a juvenile face, its squinted eyes giving it an intense, slightly wrathful expression. Smoothed beige terracotta. Minor chips and age marks. Height Height : 13 cm Width : 9 cm Provenance: former Marianne and Robert Huber Dixon collection, USA, circa 1970. Collection of Professor Kenneth Graham. Baby Faces" are iconic creations of Olmec culture, often interpreted as representations of divine or mythological figures. These sculptures, with their rounded, youthful features, embody an ideal aesthetic that reflects the symbolic importance attached to expression and form. The intense, slightly wrathful expression of this child's head testifies to the mastery of Olmec craftsmen in terracotta modelling. These works, both timeless and enigmatic, play a central role in the art and spirituality of this civilization, expressing concepts linked to power, renewal or the interaction between the human and the divine. Expert: Serge REYNES
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