Olmec Pottery Seated Anthropomorphic Figure

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. A fantastic seated anthropomorphic figure, hand-built from pale orange terracotta, with a pair of sinuous legs crossed in front. One arm rests atop a bent knee while the other is held just beneath the drooping chest. The stylized countenance is comprised of slit-form eyes, a triangular nose, an open mouth, flared ears, and a wide brow, all beneath a vertically striated coiffure. Size: 3" W x 4.375" H (7.6 cm x 11.1 cm)

Provenance: ex-private St. Petersburg, Florida, USA collection, acquired in 2019; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Andrade collection, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the 1960s; ex-Knoedler Gallery, New York, New York, USA

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#151806 Dimensions: Condition Report: Head reattached to neck and restoration to left arm and leg, with resurfacing and earthen overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions to limbs, body, and head, with light fire-clouding on base and back, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout.