Description:

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Central Highlands, Tlatilco culture, Morelos style, Middle Pre-Classic period, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished redware pottery figure of a female standing atop attenuated legs. The nude woman presents with outstretched arms, a bulbous abdomen beneath globular breasts, and a broad neck. The enlarged head features impressed almond-shaped eyes with pierced pupils, furrowed brows, a protruding nose, an ovoid mouth with a central tooth, and tab-shaped ears, all beneath a spiral-adorned headdress with a notched brim. Size: 4.25" W x 8.625" H (10.8 cm x 21.9 cm); 8.9" H (22.6 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the 1980s

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#151528

  • Condition: Repair to left leg and restoration to right arm and right ear, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to limbs, body, and head, with softening to some finer details, pierced holes on the navel and sides of abdomen, light encrustations, and fading to original red pigment. Nice earthen deposits and remaining pigment throughout.

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