Macuilxochitl (Aztec Deity)
This basalt stone sculpture shows the Aztec deity Macuilxochitl, patron god of gamblers and leader of the group of deities known as “Ahuiateteo.” They reigned over pleasures which in excess could cause problems for humans, such as drinking and gambling. Macuilxochitl is shown...
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Present at the Hacienda de Matlala , Puebla, Mexico, until 1850; purchased by Edouard Pingret [1788-1875], Paris, 1850-1855 [1][2]; inherited by the daughter of Edouard Pingret, 1875; Auction, Paris, 1909; purchased by Dikran Kelekian, Paris, 1909; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Édouard Pingret Notebook, Quai Branly Museum, Pais (MQB 80.2005.8.1, p.17).[2] ""Édouard Pingret, Un Coleccionista Europeo de Mediados del Siglo XIX,"" Marie-France Fauvet-Berthelot, Leonardo Lopez Lujan, 2012, p.72.
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