Description:

**Originally Listed At $600**

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz, Remojadas, Totonac (Totonaca), ca. 600 to 800 CE. A large pottery fragment of a head depicting a lordly figure or deity with a headdress and applied protruding pieces to resemble textiles or feathers. The face is rendered in low relief, close set eyes over a slender nose - the visage may have been painted originally and the rounded cheeks suggest the lips were upturned and possibly smiling. Sonrientes, or "smiling faces," are the most famous pottery from this period in Veracruz and have grinning, childlike faces, often with teeth showing. Initially this face may have been part of a larger figure, and many Veracruz figures appear to have been deliberately decapitated and then broken perhaps as part of a sacrificial ritual - hence the fragmentary nature of this piece! Size: 7.75" L x 9.75" W (19.7 cm x 24.8 cm); 12.5" H (31.8 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010

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#174881

  • Condition: Fragment of a larger piece as shown. Repaired from several pieces. Losses to nose and lower cheek areas and stable fissures and break lines. Chips to peripheries. Light mineral deposits on verso.

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