Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A hollow-built pottery female figure of a stylized form standing atop thick legs and petite feet. Highly burnished and presented in hues of burnt sienna, brown, and dark orange, the nude woman holds both hands to her abdomen as she relaxes her shoulders. Above her squat neck is an enlarged head bearing almond-shaped eyes, a protruding nose, slender lips, and tab-shaped eras, all beneath a smooth, semicircular brow. Size: 4" W x 6.875" H (10.2 cm x 17.5 cm)

Provenance: private Healy collection, Studio City, California, USA; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA

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#166548

  • Condition: One stable fissure with a few smaller radiating fissures along lower back as shown, with nicks to nose, left arm, face, and toes, and light fading to areas of pigment. Nice remains of pigment and good preservation to figural form. Old inventory label beneath feet.

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