The Ming-k’i Gallery specializes in the arts of ancient China and pre-Columbian America. Annie Janssens and her son Sébastien participate in international fairs to offer their private and institutional clients high-quality objects: ritual and decorative bronzeware from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, jewelry and ritual objects in jade or precious metal from Central and South America and China, and earthenware sculptures from the Han to the Tang dynasties and from the west coast of Mexico. The objects, made with great technical skill and artistic sensitivity and refinement, and often with a surprisingly modern aesthetic, bear witness to civilizations and advanced cultures that are sometimes still little known to the general public.
Large seated figure, “Xipe Totec”
Orange pottery, and earth deposits – Height : 45 cm. Late Classic period (700 – 1100 A.D.). Mexico, Veracruz – Remojadas.
