A Remojadas Figure on a Platform...

Description

A Remojadas Figure on a Platform
Veracruz, Mexico, c. 300 - 600 AD

Of slab and hollow earthenware construction with red-orange, ocher, white, and black paints. The male figure laying with head stretched back onto a raised pillow, mouth open showing two upper teeth and tongue, a fabric loosely placed over his chest and arms, legs raised on an ornamented platform, anklets with bells. In good condition; reassembled from numerous pieces as found, reattachments and repairs visible.
These mysterious platform figures are interpreted as sacrificial victims or figures in ecstatic trance.

Provenance:
From the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Gans
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Ethnographic and Pre-Columbian Art, December 13th and 14th, 1974, lot 354
The Kahlua Collection
Jules Berman, Los Angeles, CA

Published:
Hammer, Olga, et al, Ancient Art of Veracruz, Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles, 1971, page #10.

Length: 11 ¾ inches

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