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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hollow-built pottery figure of a woman standing atop enormous feet and delineated legs. She presents proudly with a straight posture, rounded shoulders, both arms placed above her hips, and a slightly protruding abdomen. Her elongated head bears coffee-bean-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, an impressed mouth, curved ears adorned with earrings, and an incised brow beneath her coiffure. Highly burnished and adorned with red pigment atop a cream ground, this is a minimalist and attractive example of ancient Jalisco figural artistry! Size: 5.25″ W x 11.1″ H (13.3 cm x 28.2 cm)
Condition: Chip to top of proper right ear and right shoulder, with fading to pigment, and light encrustations within some recessed areas, otherwise intact and very good. Nice deposits
Provenance: private Healy collection, Studio City, California, USA; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA, before 2010
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