Jalisco Pottery Seated Female Figure
**Originally Listed At $600**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure seated upon folded legs. The highly-burnished figure wears a knee-length skirt, displays a nude upper body with hemispherical breasts, holds her left arm to her thigh, and extends her right arm out in an expressive manner as if telling an engaging story. Her enlarged head presents a visage defined by a prominent aquiline nose, rounded cheeks, thick lips surrounding a row of integral, delineated teeth, a masculine mandible, tab-shaped ears, and a tall forehead topped with a simple cap. The entire figure is enrobed in thick white pigment that imbues her with a characteristic appearance of ancient Jalisco artistry! Size: 6.4" W x 9" H (16.3 cm x 22.9 cm).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private T. Misenhimer collection, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from 1970-2008
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#148351
Condition Report: Head reattached to body and small area of restoration to back of head, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Abrasions and nicks to legs, arms, body, and head, with fading and yellowing to original white pigment commensurate with age, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout.
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**Originally Listed At $600**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure seated upon folded legs. The highly-burnished figure wears a knee-length skirt, displays a nude upper body with hemispherical breasts, holds her left arm to her thigh, and extends her right arm out in an expressive manner as if telling an engaging story. Her enlarged head presents a visage defined by a prominent aquiline nose, rounded cheeks, thick lips surrounding a row of integral, delineated teeth, a masculine mandible, tab-shaped ears, and a tall forehead topped with a simple cap. The entire figure is enrobed in thick white pigment that imbues her with a characteristic appearance of ancient Jalisco artistry! Size: 6.4" W x 9" H (16.3 cm x 22.9 cm).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private T. Misenhimer collection, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from 1970-2008
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#148351
Condition Report: Head reattached to body and small area of restoration to back of head, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Abrasions and nicks to legs, arms, body, and head, with fading and yellowing to original white pigment commensurate with age, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout.
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