Ancient Jalisco Mother with Child Pottery Figure (Auction 2026-06-05, Lot 38)

$578.25

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hollow pottery figural effigy depicting a seated mother and child, formed in red clay and finished with a pale white slip, characteristic of Jalisco ceramic traditions associated with burial offerings placed within shaft tombs. The female figure is shown with elongated facial features, holding a small child in her lap, the pairing emphasizing themes of fertility, lineage, and domestic life central to West Mexican belief systems. Size: 4.5″ W x 10″ H (11.4 cm x 25.4 cm)

Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005

Condition: Good. Some minor abrasions and chips, otherwise intact. Light mineral manganese, and earthen deposits.