Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful set of two hand-built pottery standing figures exhibiting characteristically flat forms. Each figure presents with delineated legs, broad shoulders with slender arms, and stocky necks. One figure holds a small bowl in front of the abdomen, and the other wears a tasseled waist band. Each face has incised almond-shaped eyes, a bulbous nose, a thin mouth, triangular ears with petite perforations, and an elongated forehead, with one boasting a protruding horn in the center of the brow. A fine figurative ensemble from ancient West Mexico! Size of largest (holding bowl): 4.875" W x 9.5" H (12.4 cm x 24.1 cm); 9.75" H (24.8 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Robert and Marianne Huber collection, Illinois and New York, USA, acquired in the 1960s to 1990s

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#149196

  • Condition: Shorter figure has repairs to head, one arm, and one leg, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Both figures have minor abrasions to limbs, bodies, and heads, with softening to some finer details, and light fading to original pigmentation; taller figure is intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and nice traces of original pigment throughout.

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