Description:

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE; West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE; Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A wonderful ensemble of 4 pottery figures: 2 Jalisco, 1 Colima, and 1 Tlatilco. First, the Jalisco figures are both seated; the larger female with legs bent before her as she holds both arms to her bare chest, and the male with knees propped up and arms and legs shrouded in a voluminous tunic. Both are also adorned with applied white pigment. Next, the standing Colima figure wears only a dangling loincloth and twisted headbands while holding a ball with both hands. Last, the Tlatilco female figure is depicted seated and nude, save for shoulder pellets, a headband, and earspools, as she holds both arms to the side of her head. Size of largest (Jalisco female): 6.6" L x 4.8" W x 6.5" H (16.8 cm x 12.2 cm x 16.5 cm)

Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010

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  • Condition: Loss to foot of largest. All are professionally repaired with restoration and break lines visible in some areas, asl well as nicks and abrasions commensurate with age. Second largest is heavily filled with earthen deposits that can leak out the back. The 2 Jalisco figures of liberal remains of pigment and nice manganese blooms. All have rich earthen deposits throughout.

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