Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Two fabulous seated terracotta female figures, hand-built and detailed in red slip with white-painted adornments. Both statues exhibit characteristic Jalisco "sheepface" visages comprised of thin mouths, pointed ears with discoid earspools, conical noses, and coffee-bean-shaped eyes. Each figure rests upon one leg folded underneath the other, both covered with a broad skirt. Both females hold a petite bowl in one hand, with the other touching their respective faces. Globular breasts, slight distended abdomens, rounded shoulders, and thick necks complete the overall body structures, and elongated foreheads display simple headbands. A truly wonderful duo of shaft-tomb pottery effigies! Size of largest: 8.875" H (22.5 cm).

Provenance: private Stagecoach, Nevada, USA collection; acquired from 1985 to present from galleries such as Arte Primitivo, Art For Eternity, Butterfields and Riverbend Gallery

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#128733

  • Condition: Smaller figure has repairs and light overpainting to both hands, with restoration, resurfacing, and overpainting to part of head. Both figures have age-commensurate surface wear, fading to pigmentation, small chips to bodies and heads, otherwise very good. Nice earthen and mineral deposits throughout.

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