**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan culture, ca. 1st to 7th century CE. A fine hand carved greenstone figure with a flattened profile, string cut features, and characteristically stylized body. Ancient Meso-American artisans were adept at reducing the human form down to minimal, elegant shapes via the meticulous string-cut technique - beautifully exemplified here! The pupils are drilled deeply and may have once contained contrasting stones or shell. The open mouth with lips curled upward, suggest Olmecoid influence, laugh lines joining nose to the corners of his lips, and gently contoured facial planes. Size: 3.75" L x 0.75" W x 8.3" H (9.5 cm x 1.9 cm x 21.1 cm); 8.6" H (21.8 cm) on included custom stand.

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Provenance: private Lexington, Kentucky, USA collection; ex-Mazariegos estate, Hollywood, Florida, USA, collected in the 1960s

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#176967

Gouges and abrasions to verso. Minor nicks and chips, otherwise intact and excellent with light mineral deposits.