Description:

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca / Quimbaya culture, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery male slab figure with tubular arms and legs. The figure is seated upon a wide posterior with deep grooves delineating the upper and lower legs, and holds his arms neatly atop his thighs. The rectangular head boasts slit-form eyes and lips, a bulbous nose with a pierced septum meant to hold additional ornamentation, and several pierced holes lining the forehead and top. Slab figures like this example were placed with burial offerings in shaft and chamber tombs, perhaps as guardians or companions for the deceased. Size: 2.9" L x 5.3" W x 6.3" H (7.4 cm x 13.5 cm x 16 cm).

Provenance: ex-private Florida, USA collection; ex-Art for Eternity, New York, New York, USA

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#147065

  • Condition: Repair to nose with light resurfacing along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to limbs, base, body, and head, with fading to areas of original pigment, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Nice earthen deposits and great manganese blooms throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.

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