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not agree with any specific cultural style: EFE The sculpture of a Mayan deity who reached the world record for a pre-Columbian piece yesterday in the French capital, being acquired by a European buyer for two million 912 thousand euros (46 million pesos) is false, according to the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE).
According to a press release from the INAH, the piece was supposed to be part of a pre-Hispanic collection of more than 200 objects owned by the Swiss industrialist Henry Law, who, according to information disclosed by Drout auction house, treasured for 25 years stone figures and Mezcala Chontal cultures, Guerrero, recent manufacturing is therefore not belong to any of the Hispanic cultures of Mexico.
This was determined by INAH experts, from the opinion on archeology that was performed prior to 203 images in the batch of 207 items on display in the auction catalog, and which established that 140 are of pre-Hispanic and 67 are newly developed, such as the sculpture of a goddess Maya Classic period, between 550 and 950 AD-
According to the opinion, prepared by archaeologists Alejandro Valdespino Castillo and Alejandro Bautista, the piece, which represents an individual with an ax and a shield, "was developed through modeling techniques and application to the frosting, which is not culturally specific style according to the sculptural corpus, so So this is a freestyle not recreate any formal property and / or style of Mesoamerican cultures of Mexico.
The figurine features characteristic of attempts to recreate pre-Columbian representations made in the Maya region of southern Mexico, however, both the height (165.5 cm) as the position with legs bent, and the straps holding the shoes are not characteristic of this culture. Likewise, the apparent erosion seen was made to give an appearance of decay and age to the figure. As the experts concluded that it is a recent piece craft.
According to the statement immediately notified the INAH on the publication of the auction of antiquities from Mexico through the house-Giquello Binoche, the Institute filed the complaint made to the Specialized Unit on Investigation of Crimes against the Environment and under Special Laws of the Attorney General's Office (PGR). Later, the opinion referred to the Legal Counsel of the SRE, for relevant procedures.
The substador piece defends the authenticity of Maya and questions the opinion of the INAH
Mayan style statue auctioned for a record four million dollars is a modern forgery, the government said, although the auction house defended its authenticity.
There is much at stake in the dispute, not just cash that deliver the buyer, whose name has not been released.
The gallery and auction house Binoche et Giquello, based in Paris, which sold the clay figure of a warrior holding a shield, said that the attack on its authenticity is an attempt by Mexican authorities for ruining confidence auction market in pre-Columbian artifacts, which, they say, could force the trade of such moving parts on the black market.
"In my opinion, they want to ruin the pre-Hispanic art market. Not a good idea," said Alexandre Giquello auctioneer. "There will be no control if the public auction market is ruined by this ... on the black market there is no control." Giquello
said there is written on the piece since 1976, has been examined by experts, has been shown, has spoken about it in professional forums and publications, and the auction house supports its authenticity.
"is one of the best known pieces" of Maya art, Giquello said about the statue of clay 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) high that the auction catalog describes as "a divinity seated figure" drawn between 550 and 950 AD The painted figure has bulging eyes, paint still shines and a hatchet in one hand and what appeared to be fangs that come out of the mouth.
Mexican experts described the piece differently.
"is of recent manufacture, so it does not belong to any of the Hispanic cultures of Mexico," said the National Institute of Anthropology and History in a statement.
institute Archaeologists described the aggressive-looking warrior as a kind of hodgepodge freestyle elements that never existed in one culture, such as sandals with straps of a type used by the Maya. Experts also noted that the position of the statue with your knees bent style does not fit the Maya, although the auction house said the figure had been sitting on a throne that has disappeared. Giquello
criticized the institute for judging the authenticity of the statue based only on photographs, which the Mexican government had acknowledged, though experts say the practice is questionable.
A Mexican law of 1972 sets limits on private collections, but it allows collectors to keep their parts as long as the register with the government. Any another old piece excavated after that date is considered national property, and all exports of pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico are prohibited.
Dr. Richard Leventhal, a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and director of Penn Cultural Heritage Center, says he does not sympathize the mystery shopper.
Leventhal emphasized that such purchases, even if made public auction market, give legitimacy to the black market by showing the tomb robbers and dealers who can make money to trade appliances. When taken by looters rather than by archaeologists, such articles lose Most of the valuable information obtained from the context in which they were found.
The auction took place amid tensions in Franco-Mexican diplomatic
Mexico's accusations that the sculpture of a Mayan god, auctioned in Paris for a record is false, are "ridiculous," said expert Jacques Blazy and Jean Claude Binoche, responsible for selling the house Druot.
The beautiful polychrome sculpture of a Mayan god of the late classical period (550-950 AD) was bought by a European collector who paid $ 4.2 million a record for a Maya work in the Paris auction house Druot, after which Mexico challenged the authenticity of the piece.
Jean Claude Binoche, signature and Qiquello Binoche, who organized the auction in Druot, told AFP that the statement released by the Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) stating that topped Mayan sculpture in Paris is false "has no base "and is" ridiculous. "
"Allegations of Mexico to the Great Divine Maya, is of recent manufacture, are completely ridiculous," said Blazy, one of the few pre-Hispanic art experts worldwide, who worked with Binoche to organize the auction.
Following these statements, INAH spokesman, Julio Castrejon, defended statements in Mexico the conclusion of the institute, and, accompanied by one of the archaeologists who made the analysis, said: "What we have is archaeological evidence, scientific and academic. We do not rely on any other element, or political, or ideological."
INAH and the Mexican Foreign Ministry released a statement declaring that the piece "that is attributed to the Mayan culture and reached the highest price in the bid" in Paris "is of recent manufacture so you do not belong to any of the cultures pre-Hispanic Mexico. "
The sculpture of the Mayan god "is a well known piece, which has been exhibited and has been fully analyzed," said Blazy.
"This sculpture was the centerpiece of the major exhibition at the museum Maya Rath in Geneva, in 1998, held under the patronage of Mexico," he said in remarks Binoche.
"Each pigment of this sculpture has been analyzed," said Binoche, adding that the piece had been exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1986 and was the coverage of the art magazine L'Oeil in 1993. "
" No wonder that Mexico says it is false. It's his way of reacting, wants to create the doubt, since it recognizes that it is true, consider it part of their national heritage, "said Blazy.
" Furthermore, the sow doubt, seek to impair the pre-Columbian art market " he noted.
Maya sculpture was the centerpiece of a Columbian art collection amassed over 30 years by a Swiss industrialist, Henry Law, mysterious figures including mezcal, the Mexican state of Guerrero, including hieratic sculptures similar to the Greek islands Cyclades, which passionately devoted to the Surrealists.
The auction totaled 7,452,914 euros ($ 10.6 million), revealing the good health of pre-Columbian art market, AFP found in Druot showroom, where collectors bid up from modest to representatives of European institutions.
scattered collection was one of the most important pre-Columbian art that existed in the world, according Blazy, who said that Law has decided to part from his collection after suffering a burglary at his home in Geneva.
The auction took place in the midst of Franco-Mexican diplomatic tensions, after President Nicolas Sarkozy decided to devote the year of Mexico in France to Florence Cassez, France condemned by the Mexican justice to 60 years in prison for complicity in kidnappings, This led to the cancellation of this ambitious program. Druot
The sale went smoothly. Not so in September and December 2008, when two Mexican antiquities auctions had to be suspended after the works were confiscated at the request of Mexico before its auction in Paris.
The officers of the Central Office for Combating Trafficking of Cultural Goods (OCBC) confiscated the pieces based on an international letter rogatory from Mexico and detained pending the outcome of an investigation into its origin.
The investigation lasted 19 months, after which the police returned the pieces to their owners.
According to a press release from the INAH, the piece was supposed to be part of a pre-Hispanic collection of more than 200 objects owned by the Swiss industrialist Henry Law, who, according to information disclosed by Drout auction house, treasured for 25 years stone figures and Mezcala Chontal cultures, Guerrero, recent manufacturing is therefore not belong to any of the Hispanic cultures of Mexico.
This was determined by INAH experts, from the opinion on archeology that was performed prior to 203 images in the batch of 207 items on display in the auction catalog, and which established that 140 are of pre-Hispanic and 67 are newly developed, such as the sculpture of a goddess Maya Classic period, between 550 and 950 AD-
According to the opinion, prepared by archaeologists Alejandro Valdespino Castillo and Alejandro Bautista, the piece, which represents an individual with an ax and a shield, "was developed through modeling techniques and application to the frosting, which is not culturally specific style according to the sculptural corpus, so So this is a freestyle not recreate any formal property and / or style of Mesoamerican cultures of Mexico.
The figurine features characteristic of attempts to recreate pre-Columbian representations made in the Maya region of southern Mexico, however, both the height (165.5 cm) as the position with legs bent, and the straps holding the shoes are not characteristic of this culture. Likewise, the apparent erosion seen was made to give an appearance of decay and age to the figure. As the experts concluded that it is a recent piece craft.
According to the statement immediately notified the INAH on the publication of the auction of antiquities from Mexico through the house-Giquello Binoche, the Institute filed the complaint made to the Specialized Unit on Investigation of Crimes against the Environment and under Special Laws of the Attorney General's Office (PGR). Later, the opinion referred to the Legal Counsel of the SRE, for relevant procedures.
The substador piece defends the authenticity of Maya and questions the opinion of the INAH
Mayan style statue auctioned for a record four million dollars is a modern forgery, the government said, although the auction house defended its authenticity.
There is much at stake in the dispute, not just cash that deliver the buyer, whose name has not been released.
The gallery and auction house Binoche et Giquello, based in Paris, which sold the clay figure of a warrior holding a shield, said that the attack on its authenticity is an attempt by Mexican authorities for ruining confidence auction market in pre-Columbian artifacts, which, they say, could force the trade of such moving parts on the black market.
"In my opinion, they want to ruin the pre-Hispanic art market. Not a good idea," said Alexandre Giquello auctioneer. "There will be no control if the public auction market is ruined by this ... on the black market there is no control." Giquello
said there is written on the piece since 1976, has been examined by experts, has been shown, has spoken about it in professional forums and publications, and the auction house supports its authenticity.
"is one of the best known pieces" of Maya art, Giquello said about the statue of clay 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) high that the auction catalog describes as "a divinity seated figure" drawn between 550 and 950 AD The painted figure has bulging eyes, paint still shines and a hatchet in one hand and what appeared to be fangs that come out of the mouth.
Mexican experts described the piece differently.
"is of recent manufacture, so it does not belong to any of the Hispanic cultures of Mexico," said the National Institute of Anthropology and History in a statement.
institute Archaeologists described the aggressive-looking warrior as a kind of hodgepodge freestyle elements that never existed in one culture, such as sandals with straps of a type used by the Maya. Experts also noted that the position of the statue with your knees bent style does not fit the Maya, although the auction house said the figure had been sitting on a throne that has disappeared. Giquello
criticized the institute for judging the authenticity of the statue based only on photographs, which the Mexican government had acknowledged, though experts say the practice is questionable.
A Mexican law of 1972 sets limits on private collections, but it allows collectors to keep their parts as long as the register with the government. Any another old piece excavated after that date is considered national property, and all exports of pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico are prohibited.
Dr. Richard Leventhal, a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and director of Penn Cultural Heritage Center, says he does not sympathize the mystery shopper.
Leventhal emphasized that such purchases, even if made public auction market, give legitimacy to the black market by showing the tomb robbers and dealers who can make money to trade appliances. When taken by looters rather than by archaeologists, such articles lose Most of the valuable information obtained from the context in which they were found.
The auction took place amid tensions in Franco-Mexican diplomatic
Mexico's accusations that the sculpture of a Mayan god, auctioned in Paris for a record is false, are "ridiculous," said expert Jacques Blazy and Jean Claude Binoche, responsible for selling the house Druot.
The beautiful polychrome sculpture of a Mayan god of the late classical period (550-950 AD) was bought by a European collector who paid $ 4.2 million a record for a Maya work in the Paris auction house Druot, after which Mexico challenged the authenticity of the piece.
Jean Claude Binoche, signature and Qiquello Binoche, who organized the auction in Druot, told AFP that the statement released by the Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) stating that topped Mayan sculpture in Paris is false "has no base "and is" ridiculous. "
"Allegations of Mexico to the Great Divine Maya, is of recent manufacture, are completely ridiculous," said Blazy, one of the few pre-Hispanic art experts worldwide, who worked with Binoche to organize the auction.
Following these statements, INAH spokesman, Julio Castrejon, defended statements in Mexico the conclusion of the institute, and, accompanied by one of the archaeologists who made the analysis, said: "What we have is archaeological evidence, scientific and academic. We do not rely on any other element, or political, or ideological."
INAH and the Mexican Foreign Ministry released a statement declaring that the piece "that is attributed to the Mayan culture and reached the highest price in the bid" in Paris "is of recent manufacture so you do not belong to any of the cultures pre-Hispanic Mexico. "
The sculpture of the Mayan god "is a well known piece, which has been exhibited and has been fully analyzed," said Blazy.
"This sculpture was the centerpiece of the major exhibition at the museum Maya Rath in Geneva, in 1998, held under the patronage of Mexico," he said in remarks Binoche.
"Each pigment of this sculpture has been analyzed," said Binoche, adding that the piece had been exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1986 and was the coverage of the art magazine L'Oeil in 1993. "
" No wonder that Mexico says it is false. It's his way of reacting, wants to create the doubt, since it recognizes that it is true, consider it part of their national heritage, "said Blazy.
" Furthermore, the sow doubt, seek to impair the pre-Columbian art market " he noted.
Maya sculpture was the centerpiece of a Columbian art collection amassed over 30 years by a Swiss industrialist, Henry Law, mysterious figures including mezcal, the Mexican state of Guerrero, including hieratic sculptures similar to the Greek islands Cyclades, which passionately devoted to the Surrealists.
The auction totaled 7,452,914 euros ($ 10.6 million), revealing the good health of pre-Columbian art market, AFP found in Druot showroom, where collectors bid up from modest to representatives of European institutions.
scattered collection was one of the most important pre-Columbian art that existed in the world, according Blazy, who said that Law has decided to part from his collection after suffering a burglary at his home in Geneva.
The auction took place in the midst of Franco-Mexican diplomatic tensions, after President Nicolas Sarkozy decided to devote the year of Mexico in France to Florence Cassez, France condemned by the Mexican justice to 60 years in prison for complicity in kidnappings, This led to the cancellation of this ambitious program. Druot
The sale went smoothly. Not so in September and December 2008, when two Mexican antiquities auctions had to be suspended after the works were confiscated at the request of Mexico before its auction in Paris.
The officers of the Central Office for Combating Trafficking of Cultural Goods (OCBC) confiscated the pieces based on an international letter rogatory from Mexico and detained pending the outcome of an investigation into its origin.
The investigation lasted 19 months, after which the police returned the pieces to their owners.
El Universal / The Reporter
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