Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A female figure arranged in a physical pose that brings to mind the popular image of 'the thinker'. She sits with one knee folded under her body and the other knee upraised. Adorned with elaborate ear ornaments, a knee-length skirt and armlets, she rests her elongated head on her knee, her pensive and somewhat melancholy expression on display. Note: there are black lashes, perhaps tear marks streaming from her incised eyes. Figure is painted in a polychrome finish of red, cream, black and white. Size: 6-1/2"L (16.5 cm) x 5-7/8"W (14.92 cm) x 8-1/4"H (20.96 cm).

For comparable types, please see Kan, Meighan, Nicholson, Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima: The Proctor Stafford Collection, P.120, Cat. No. 88, LACMA, Los Angeles, 1970 & 1989. See also, Von Winning, H., The Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico: Figs. 147-149, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, 1974. Provenance: Ex-private Houston, TX collection acquired at auction or local gallery between 1982 and 1994. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. #108178

  • Condition: Intact and excellent with expected surface wear. Some abrasion and loss to right foot.

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