Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A set of 4 hand-built pottery 'pretty lady' figurines, each with delineated legs, outstretched arms, slanted eyes, and thick necklaces. Each figure wears either a minimalist cap or a protruding coiffure bulb, and their surfaces are adorned with either orange or soft white pigment. Size of largest: 1.6" W x 2.625" H (4.1 cm x 6.7 cm)

Provenance: ex-private collection of the late Father Bader, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, USA; exhibited in the University of St. Thomas Art Gallery, acquired prior to 2000

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#154460

  • Condition: One figure has repair to left arm, another figure has loss to left arm, and a third figure has loss to nose; largest figure is intact and very good. Each figure has light abrasions, nicks, encrustations, and softening to finer details. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory number handwritten on verso of each figure.

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