Description:

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A wonderful pottery figure of a female shown seated on a stool or chair with left foot resting atop right knee as she places one hand on her knee and the other on her chest. Dressed in a floor-length robe, the ancient figure presents broad shoulders, slender arms, bony knees, and pendulous breasts, all adorned with stippled shoulder pelts, a pair of bracelets, and a collar necklace of large beads. Her sizeable head displays a peaceful countenance with heavy-lidded eyes beneath straight brows, a large, protruding nose, thin lips held in a gentle smile, and a slightly jutting chin, all capped by a helmet-like headdress and flanked by a pair of huge ears. Note how the artist has taken care to indicate her advanced age via the folding flesh of her wrinkled brow, the puffiness below her eyes, her skeletal cheek bones, and her hollowed cheeks. Size: 3" W x 5.2" H (7.6 cm x 13.2 cm)

Provenance: Barakat Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired before 2000

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#170882

  • Condition: Professionally repaired with restoration and resurfacing. Losses to bracelet of right arm. Expected nicks and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, very nice with great remaining details.

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