Description:

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco), ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A lovely set of two hollow-molded pottery figures in seated positions. The smaller figure depicts a nude female dwarf with thick thighs and biceps, a portly abdomen, petite hands held to a thin mouth, and an elongated forehead above ovoid eyes. Faint traces of orange-red pigment envelop the figure. The larger, cream-slipped vessel shows a figure deep in thought, with one hand tucked beneath the chin, a wide skirt draped atop the bent knees, and a pensive visage flanked with large ear spools. Size of largest (cream-hued): 2.25" W x 4.9" H (5.7 cm x 12.4 cm).

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA

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  • Condition: Smaller figure has repair to area of head, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Larger figure has both feet and bottom rim restored, with resurfacing to new material. Both figures have minor abrasions to bases, bodies, and heads, with softening to some finer details, and fading to original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory labels written in black ink beneath both figures.

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