Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A trio of hand-built pottery figurines known colloquially as "pretty ladies" because of their elegant, feminine presentation. The shortest figure is seated with crossed legs, holds one arm to her womb, and wears a lightly incised hat. The second figure features attenuated legs, broad shoulders, a medallion-adorned headdress, and double-pupil eyes. The tallest figure wears an applied 'bead' necklace, holds a small implement in one hand, has dramatically slanted eyes, and dons an incised, centrally parted coiffure. Original orange, red-orange, and white pigments are still visible across each figure. Size of largest (slanted eyes): 1.875" W x 4.3" H (4.8 cm x 10.9 cm); 4.5" H (11.4 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Honolulu, Hawaii, USA collection

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  • Condition: Head of shortest figure reattached to neck; second figure and largest figure repaired from multiple pieces; all with resurfacing along break lines. Second figure has restoration to one leg. All figures have minor nicks to limbs and heads, with fading to original pigmentation, and softening to some finer details. Nice earthen deposits and great traces of original pigment throughout.

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