Description:

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban IV, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a seated dwarf made evident by the dramatically hunched shoulders and puffy, rounded facial features. The figure rests both arms atop his lap and has knees topped with incised spirals, a pair of incised 'shell' ornaments on either temple, almond-shaped eyes flanking an upturned nose, and a horizontally striated ornament directly above the brow. The tall, cylindrical vessel has a thin rim for sipping and a flat base for support. Size: 2.4" W x 5" H (6.1 cm x 12.7 cm)

Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966

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#154896

  • Condition: Minor abrasions and nicks to base, body, figural elements, and rim, with one stable hairline fissure across middle of verso, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits throughout.

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