Lot 131
Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1000 to 500 BCE. A fabulous hand-built pottery "pretty lady" figure with noteworthy Olmecoid features. She is depicted standing atop delineated legs and knobby knees, with wide hips tapering up the rounded torso to perky breasts, and tubular arms with stylized fingers are held outward from rounded shoulders. Ovoid eyes with impressed pupils beneath thin brows, a prominent nose, grooved teeth between puffy, smiling lips, and ring-adorned ears comprise the expressive visage, and a simple cap with five applied bands tops the head. Thick traces of white and bright orange pigment are visible atop the pale-orange buffware surface and suggest this figure at one time exhibited vibrant painted decorations. An early example of fine Tlatilco artistry! Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 3.125" W x 7.875" H (7.9 cm x 20 cm); 8.125" H (20.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Cf. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number AC1992.134.3
Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection, purchased April 25, 2019; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Pasadena, California, USA collection
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- Condition: Right arm reattached, and restoration to left foot, with resurfacing and minor chips along break lines. Small nicks to head, body, and legs, with fading to original pigmentation, and softening to some finer details. Nice earthen deposits, manganese blooms, and traces of original pigmentation throughout.
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