Lot 120A
Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. A fascinating figure of a standing female, perhaps depicting a woman performing a dance or ritual. She stands with her sizeable head tilted upward, her face exaggeratedly large compared to her body, allowing us to see her eyes, nose, and mouth in great detail. She wears spool earrings and a draped headdress. Her arms are outstretched, her torso nude, but her legs are covered by wonderfully sculpted, shell-like decorations that seem to overlap. Just looking at them, one can hear the sounds of all those individual pieces clacking together on a real costume. Remains of blue pigment decorate the headdress and the legs. Size: 3.6" W x 6.3" H (9.1 cm x 16 cm)
Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA, May 21st, 2020, Antiques Asian Ethnographic Art auction, lot 126a; ex-private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega collection, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George collection, brought into the USA in 1961 to 1966
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- Condition: Possible repair to arms with restoration. Losses to both hands. Surface wear as shown. Otherwise in very nice condition with great deposits on surface and preserved original pigment on the headdress and legs.
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