Description:

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A wonderful pottery 'pretty lady' figure adorned with pale-orange slip. Likely a fertility idol, the fascinating female presents ample hips suggestive of childbearing, attenuated arms, perky breasts covered by the lengthy tassels of her headdress, and a slender neck. The sizeable, ovoid head boasts a highly stylized visage composed of recessed ovoid eyes with impressed pupils beneath slanted brows, a petite nose above an impressed mouth, and miniscule ears, all beneath an incised coiffure decorated with red pigment. Size: 1.3" W x 3.9" H (3.3 cm x 9.9 cm); 4.7" H (11.9 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA, May 9th, 2019, Ancient Asian Ethnographic auction, lot 122B; ex-private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s

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#170797

  • Condition: Repaired across the waist with small chips and light adhesive residue along break line. Minor abrasions to body, limbs, and head, with light softening to some finer details, and fading to original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits throughout.

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