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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima and Michoacán, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A quintessential example of a Colima pottery 'gingerbread' female presenting a characteristically abstract body and rigid pose with out-turned, slightly bent legs, and hands held to sides. Paired with this figure is an adorable baby bird vessel with expressive coffee-bean shaped eyes and an open beak, sticking out its tongue as if anxiously awaiting dinner delivered by mom. Size: gingerbread flat measures 7.875" H (20 cm), bird 3.375" H (8.6 cm)

The gingerbread lady is nicely adorned with appliqued ear ornaments, a turban headband with incised textile-inspired pattern, multi-stranded pectoral, and appliqued round shoulder pellets. She is nude with prominent genitalia and her visage presents minimalist facial features including a protruding nose and coffee bean shaped eyes and mouth. The sweet-as-can-be baby bird is also wonderfully detailed with applied feathered wings and tail as well as the aforementioned visage.

Provenance: Ex-private Harvey Collection, acquired prior to 1972

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  • Condition: Gingerbread figure: arms and lower body reattached. Wonderful manganese deposits. Bird intact.

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March 27, 2017 10:00 AM MDT
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