Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure standing atop delineated legs and holding her hands together above an incised loincloth. Her minimalist visage is composed of coffee-bean-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and full lips beneath a centrally parted coiffure. Red pigment adorns her necklace, eyes, and hair, and suggests that the figure was at one time painted with vivid color. Size: 3.75" W x 6.4" H (9.5 cm x 16.3 cm); 7.3" H (18.5 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA

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#149204

  • Condition: Repaired from multiple pieces, with restoration to arms, areas of legs, necklace, nose, and jaw, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor nicks to limbs, body, and head, with softening to some finer details, and fading to original pigment. Nice earthen deposits throughout.

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