Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic Period, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A fabulous hand-built pottery female "pretty lady" figure depicted pregnant and standing as her bulging belly protrudes above two thick legs with tapered feet. The ancient figure displays square shoulders adorned with raised dots to represent ceremonial scarification and stubby arms that rest beside her pointed breasts. Triangular in form, her sizable head displays coffee bean-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and an open mouth, all flanked by a huge pair of annular earspools and capped by a flat headdress of four horizontal bands. An elaborate layered collar necklace lays across her chest and a horizontal strip is shown at her hips. Size: 2.5" W x 4.5" H (6.4 cm x 11.4 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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#161399

  • Condition: Vertical scratch on verso. Expected nicks, abrasions, and scratches commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with lovely earthen and mineral deposits throughout.

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