Description:

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A graceful and finely-formed D-4 type 'pretty lady' figure from this very early ancient culture of the Americas. Clearly a fertility idol, she presents ample hips indicative of child-bearing as well as attenuated arms, small perky breasts, a slender waist, and a voluptuous buttocks. Her face is elongated with slanted slit eyes, round earspools, a petite nose, and a prominent brow ridge, all topped by a cap-like headdress decorated with twin rounded protrusions at either end and a central ornament just above the forehead (all three ornaments further adorned by an impressed dot motif). Her body displays traces of a red-hued pigment - see the striations across her legs especially, suggesting that she was brightly painted at one point. Meticulously-detailed and elegantly presented, this is a wonderful example of Tlatilco sculpture! Size: 6.625" H (16.8 cm); 7.375" H (18.7 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-old private collection, Pennsylvania, USA, 1970's

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  • Condition: Expected surface wear with faded pigmentation commensurate with age. Still, there are nice remaining red-painted details, especially on her legs. Wonderful root marks and manganese deposits.

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