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The sale “Quetzalcóatl, serpiente emplumada”, a joint of 40 prehistoric pieces European private litigation procedures, a total of 3 million dollars (60 million pesos), is sing in protest of Mexico to keep the subasta. That’s what “the mayor sums up for a pre-Columbian art gallery in Paris”, according to the case.
The figure of Cihuateotl, 87 cm in size from 600-1000 d. C, sold at estimated estimated price (between 710 miles and one million dollars). The diocese is well represented, with white and red pigment residues intense.
It also undergoes a mascara attribute to the Teotihuacan culture that dates from 450-650 d. C. for 526 million 800 dollars. Former part of the personal collection of Pierre Matisse, the famous painter Henri Matisse, who bought it in 1938 and preserved it for more than 50 years, according to the catalog. It is estimated to be between 420 miles and 640 miles.
Mexico has requested that the sale of the pieces be carried out, ensuring that between them are found “false” objects, including this mask.
The other falsely false pieces are a mascara and a number of tales, corresponding to the artisans of Xochilapa, in Guerrero (sur), who were adjudicated for 72 miles and 48 miles dollars respectively).
INAH presented a denunciation to detain the subast and recover the pieces
The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico indicated on February 3 that it had announced a Mexican tax lawsuit to take legal action against the commercialization of its objects, while seeking diplomatic action.
For its part, Christie assured that the objects would “sell legitimate forms in the market of a transparent public sale procedure and comply with the law”, adding that in “no case” a work of art “would exist in dudas in according to its authenticity and procedure “.
Al denunciar la venta, the director of INAH, Diego Prieto, declares that the archeological properties of Mexico “are the property of the nation, inalienable, indescribable and indispensable, and for that matter, it is to be found any trade act”.
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