Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful set of three bichrome terracotta figures, two seated and one standing. One burnished seated figure has conjoined legs, a rotund abdomen with rattle beads inside, curved and attenuated arms, and a projecting head. A second figure is depicted as an elderly man with bent knees and folded arms, rounded shoulders, and a large head with drooping ears and a crooked nose. Last is a burnished standing figure with flat feet and attenuated limbs, protruding abdomen and breasts, a bulbous head with a prominent nose, coffee-bean-shaped eyes, and flared ears. Each figure has applied red details atop a cream-hued surface, and all are lovely pottery examples from this shaft tomb culture. Size of largest (elderly man): 6.625" H (16.8 cm).

Provenance: private Stagecoach, Nevada, USA collection; acquired from 1985 to present from galleries such as Arte Primitivo, Art For Eternity, Butterfields, and Riverbend Gallery

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#128875

  • Condition: Rotund figure has reattached head, a large horizontal hairline fissure across abdomen, and minor losses to toes and ears. Standing figure has minor losses to feet and head. Elderly seated figure has one leg reattached with minor losses to one eye and lower body. All figures have fading to surface pigment, with light earthen deposits in recessed areas and mineral deposits throughout.

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