Anthropomorphic face adorning an
Anthropomorphic face adorning an
Izapa vase - early Maya - Mexico
100av -300 AD
Beautiful masculine face with a short forehead, animated by thick, protruding eyebrows rising above half-closed eyes with swollen eyelids and pierced pupils.
The nose, beautifully drawn, has strong dilated nostrils and overhangs a mouth with fleshy lips in relief. Vigorous, deep grooves above the eyebrow arches, around the eyes and along the nose accentuate the general expression of this concentrated-looking facies. Long, fairly rectangular ears, with a lobe signified by a clean, curved groove. Reverse strongly hollowed out with a flat border allowing the face to be placed on the vase. Presence of two rows of circular elements on the head representing a headdress or an elaborate hairstyle.
H.7 cm
Private collection, Paris
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Anthropomorphic face adorning an
Izapa vase - early Maya - Mexico
100av -300 AD
Beautiful masculine face with a short forehead, animated by thick, protruding eyebrows rising above half-closed eyes with swollen eyelids and pierced pupils.
The nose, beautifully drawn, has strong dilated nostrils and overhangs a mouth with fleshy lips in relief. Vigorous, deep grooves above the eyebrow arches, around the eyes and along the nose accentuate the general expression of this concentrated-looking facies. Long, fairly rectangular ears, with a lobe signified by a clean, curved groove. Reverse strongly hollowed out with a flat border allowing the face to be placed on the vase. Presence of two rows of circular elements on the head representing a headdress or an elaborate hairstyle.
H.7 cm
Private collection, Paris
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