Guerrero Xochipala Pottery Seated Female Figure

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Xochipala culture, Mesoamerican Formative Period, ca. 13th to 10th century BCE. An early example of a hand-built pottery female figure shown seated with crossed legs and arms placed atop her knees. Her slender, corseted waistline tapers towards the midsection before expanding to form her chest and breasts, and both rounded shoulder taper inwards to create the profile of the neck. Her stylized countenance exhibits protruding, coffee-bean-shaped eyes, flared nostrils, a smiling mouth with delineated teeth, and spool-adorned earrings, all beneath a centrally parted coiffure. Remains of white pigment still cover most of the figure's surfaces. Size: 2.9" W x 4.4" H (7.4 cm x 11.2 cm)

Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s

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Condition Report: Repaired from multiple pieces, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Losses to some fingers and toes as shown. Abrasions and nicks to limbs, body, and head, with fading and chipping to white pigment in scattered areas, light encrustations, and one small perforation along back, perhaps for stabilization on an old display stand. Nice preservation to overall form.