*Vase représentant un canard

The head turned and the beak resting on the back of its plumage with grace and elegance. The folded wings are incised with naturalism and the animal is here evoked at rest. This work emanates a magnificent feeling of softness and serenity associated with the popular imagery of this bird. Brown terracotta, smoothed slip and burnt mouth. Broken and glued with some surface wear Olmec, Las Bocas, Mexico, 900 - 400 BC 17.2 x 18.8 x 14.4 cm Provenance: Former Yvon Collet collection from 1968 to 2019 A thermoluminescence test from the QED laboratory will be given to the buyer Among the Olmecs, the mother culture of Mesoamerica, representations of ducks like this one appeared from the very beginning of their civilization. This people maintained a shamanic relationship in symbiosis with the animal world, keeping a keen sense of observation. Lot presented under the temporary importation regime