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Large Michoacan Pottery Standing "Pretty Lady"
Large Michoacan Pottery Standing "Pretty Lady"
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic Period, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A hand-built pottery 'pretty lady' figure with a pale-orange surface. She stands upon delineated legs, has a portly abdomen, perky breasts, and attenuated arms. Her wide face features impressed diamond-shaped eyes, a bulbous crested nose, full lips, large discoid ear spools with impressed 'X' motifs and large, wide headdress with hair extending slightly below in an almost "pageboy" style. Size: 2.375" W x 5" H (6 cm x 12.7 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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Intact and just about choice.
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Large Michoacan Pottery Standing "Pretty Lady"

Estimate $400 - $600
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Starting Price $200
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