Large, monumental statue of a man supported by a pillar and - Lot 349

Large, monumental statue of a man supported by a pillar and dressed in a loincloth. White limestone. Height : 200 cm Width: 70 cm Maya culture, ca. 750-1100 A.D. Mexico. Broken-glued and restorations of use, otherwise good conservation. Provenance : Galerie Hélène Leloup, invoice dated March 2, 1970 Hernando Vines Collection, Paris. Marco Aurélio Soto Collection Exhibition: The head was exhibited at the Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, in 1928. Publication: The head was published in "Les arts anciens de l'Amérique", exhibition organized at the Musée des arts décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, May-June 1928. Catalog written by Messrs. A. Métraux and Georges Henri Rivière. Plate VII, page 40, no. 440 Lot sold by appointment, to be collected from our Stains premises by appointment and on presentation of the paid slip.