Description:

Pre-Columbian, Colombia to Ecuador (Carchi) region, Narino Highlands, Narino culture, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery figure seated atop a stable base with hands held to bent knees. Highly burnished and covered in red-orange slip, the figure peers out with protruding eyes and has a triangular nose, parted lips, and cupped ears, all beneath a minimalist coiffure bearing a narrow perforation. Size: 2.125" W x 4.25" H (5.4 cm x 10.8 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#172903

  • Condition: Repairs and light restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks, with fading to slip pigment in scattered areas, and softening to some finer details. Nice preservation to overall form.

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