Lot 128A
Pre-Columbian, Central Highlands of Mexico, Tlatilco, Middle Pre-Classic Period, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A fine, hand-built pottery female figure known as a "pretty lady" standing atop a pair of delineated legs. The figure is depicted with wide hips, outstretched arms, perky breasts, and a squat, thick neck. Her oversized head is defined by ovoid eyes with drilled pupils, a petite nose, open mouth, and perforated ears, all beneath a curved browline and an incised coiffure. Traces of original yellow, orange-red, and white surface pigment are still visible. Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 3.25" W x 7.375" H (8.3 cm x 18.7 cm); 7.875" H (20 cm) on included custom stand.
A solid pottery standing female figure depicted with wide hips and arms outstretched; she wears an incised headdress atop her head. Overall remains of white surface pigment. A beautiful example. Compare similar example in The Jaguar's Children: Pre-Classic Central mexico by Michael D. Coe. NY Museum of Primitive Art, 1965
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA
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- Condition: Restoration to part of head, one arm, much of hips, and one leg, with the original right leg reattached, all with small nicks, some overpainting, and light adhesive residue along break lines. Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small nicks to arms, legs, body, and head, with fading to some finer incised details. Nice earthen deposits, root marks, and original pigmentation traces throughout.
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