Description:

**Originally Listed At $1500**

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Morelos, ca. 1200 to 900 BCE. A pre-Classic pottery Venus figure whistling vessel, contemporary with the Olmec, of an intriguing anthropomorphic form with a figure-eight shaped voluptuous body, holding her attenuated arms out before her chest with clasped hands, stirrip spout lower legs, and staring straight ahead with an expressive visage presenting wide open ovoid eyes, a turned up nose with flared nostrils, an open mouth, and protruding ears. She wears a centrally parted coiffure topped by a cap that is divided into dotted quadrants, and applied filets decorate her forehead. A lovely and rare example from one of the earliest Pre-Columbian cultures! Size: 10.875" L x 5.875" W (27.6 cm x 14.9 cm)

This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.

Provenance: ex-Webster collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, acquired in the 1980s to 1990s

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  • Condition: Repaired from multiple pieces with areas of restoration over the break lines. Expected surface wear commensurate with age, traces of red pigment remain on the surface.

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