#mezcala

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~ Fish.

Culture: Mezcala

Place of origin: Middle Balsas Basin

Period: Late Preclassic-Late Classic

Date: 500 B.C.-A.D. 900

Medium: Cut, carved and polished stone.

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Mezcala Stone Idol, 300 BCE - 300 CE

Stone, 43.2 x 11.4 cm (17 x 4 1/2 in)

Courtesy: Barakat Gallery

Mezcala stone carvings are a distinct style of pre-Columbian art from Guerrero, Mexico, known for their abstract and minimalist representations of human and animal forms.

These sculptures, crafted from hardstones like greenstone and jade, feature simplified features and geometric shapes, often resembling axe heads.

They are believed to have been created between 700 BCE and 650 CE, and were highly valued by later cultures, including the Aztecs, who considered them sacred.

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Peter Wright, "Incised Mezcala," 2013,

Blown and carved glass, steel,

25 h × 8½ w × 6⅞ d in (63 × 22 × 17 cm)

The present work was inspired by the pre-Columbian stone carvings of the Mezcala people based in what is now the state of Guerrero in southwestern Mexico.

The culture existed roughly from 700 BC to 650 AD, and the artist's interest lies in how the people were able to create their stone carvings without metal tools, and how the resulting carvings were valued in their culture and those that proceeded them.

[galeriacontici]

Monumental Mezcala Axe God Figure, M10 Type, Guerrero

Monumental Mezcala Axe God Figure, M10 Type, Guerrero

Exceptional Mezcala M10 stone figure from ancient Guerrero, ca. 300–100 BCE. Monumental 18” carving with bold geometric form and ritual sign

This exceptional and commanding Pre-Columbian Mezcala stone carving from ancient Guerrero dates to approximately 300–100 BCE. This rare, large-format figure—identified as Type M10 in Carlo Gay’s definitive typology—stands as one of the most architecturally refined and abstract expressions of the revered Mezcala sculptural tradition. Hewn from a dense, green-gray stone with superb balance and precision, the figure towers 18 inches tall (18.8 inches on its custom museum-quality mount), placing it among the largest and most powerful examples to appear on the market.

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Standing Figure

Mezcala, 300–100 BCE

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[aic-americas]

Standing Figure, Mezcala, -300, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith Size: H. 12.7 cm (5 in.) Medium: Stone

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/148349/

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De gauche à droite: figure debout Chontal et deux figures debout Mezcala, État de Guerrero, Mexique, Préclassique récent, 300-100 av. J.-C., pierre dure vert foncé et gris-vert, H. 11 cm, 12,5 cm et 13,5 cm, estimées 1500/2000 €, 1200/1500 € et 3000/3500 €, mises en vente à Drouot le 29 janvier par Binoche et Giquello. ©Binoche et Giquello / Binoche et Giquello.