Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic Period, ca. 500 to 100 BCE; Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A trio of hand-built pottery 'pretty lady' figures. All three stand nude with delineated legs, petite arms protruding from the tops of enormous breasts, and each has a necklace and earspools. Their countenances are all similarly stylized with applied and impressed eyes, slightly parted lips, and prominent noses. Size: 1.8" W x 2.875" H (4.6 cm x 7.3 cm); 3.1" H (7.9 cm) on included custom stand. Size of each (all are relatively similar): 3" L x 1.75" W (7.6 cm x 4.4 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-estate of R. Pearson, Denver, Colorado, USA; Mr. Pearson collected from the third quarter of the 20th century until he passed away.

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#172462

  • Condition: Arm reattached to figure with narrow, white eyes. Rest are intact and very good. Nice remains of pigments on each.

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