Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A hand-built pottery female Venus figure possessing the elegant stylings of the Guanacaste-Nicoya artisans. She is presented in a seated pose with arms curled to ample hips and rounded shoulders tracing inward to a wide neck. The striking painted decorative program in red and black on a cream-hued ground demonstrates the artist's skillful technique, with panels of dense linear motifs separated from one another with thick red stripes. Almond-shaped eyes, a petite nose, a red-painted mouth, and spool-adorned ears comprise the minimalist countenance, and her brow is capped with an elaborately-painted headdress. A small mouth hole behind her head produces a nice sound when played as an instrument. Size: 5.3" W x 6.75" H (13.5 cm x 17.1 cm).

Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s

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#144767

  • Condition: Restoration to both arms with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions to legs, body, and head, with overpainting along some painted details, and light encrustations within interior and headdress. Nice manganese blooms and craquelure to original pigmentation throughout.

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