Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful pottery figure of a seated female adorned in black and red negative resist decoration. Draped in a long dress, the stylized figure holds one hand to her cheek perhaps portraying the act of shouting or the pain of a toothache, while her other arm is bent before her as if to hold something. Her elongated visage presents coffee-bean eyes, a curved nose, and a slightly open mouth, all flanked by a pair of lengthy ears and surmounted by the open rim of the vessel at the top of her head. Size: 6.6" W x 10" H (16.8 cm x 25.4 cm)

According to Arte Primitivo, this piece was exhibited as part of the "West Mexico Ceramics" exhibition at Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, 1999.

Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York City, New York, USA, September 26, 2011, lot 350; ex-private Chicago, Illinois, USA collection

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#178428

  • Condition: Professionally repaired with restoration in some areas. Expected surface wear as shown, but otherwise excellent presentation with liberal remains of negative resist decoration and nice earthen deposits to interior. Manganese blooms to exterior surface. Old Arte Primitivo collection label on underside of base.

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