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Rare Guerrero Palanquin Group, Late Pre-Classic, ca. 400 B.C. - A.D 100

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Rare Guerrero Palanquin Group, Late Pre-Classic, ca. 400 B.C. - A.D 100

Dark brown stone
Length 7in (17.8cm)

Provenance
Jules Berman Collection, Los Angeles
California Private Collection, acquired from the above 10 May 1971

The backrest carved with a seated dignitary on a stretcher with four tapering legs, arched arm rests and front posts surmounted by seated attendants.

Cf. Gay, C. et R., Chontal - Ancient Stone Sculpture from Guerrero, Mexico, Genève, 2001, p. 24, fig. 10 for a similar work about twice the size of the presented example.

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