TWO COSTA RICAN STONE FIGURES, DIQUIS REGION
Ca. A. D. 1000-1550
Each peg base male figure with fingers outspread on the side of the legs, broad squared shoulders, demarcated back musculature the face distinguished by the pointed chin, drawn lips and lunate, rimmed eyes; in tan-grey basalt.
Heights: 12¾ and 11¾ in. (32.4 and 28.9 cm.)
Provenance
Collection of Monique Uzielli, New York, 1965
Lot Essay
Cf. Between Continents/Between Seas, figs. 244-245
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Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas including Property from the Estate of Ernst Beyeler