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Lot of 8 Ancient Mexican Pottery & Stone Objects

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Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE; West Mexico, Jalisco and Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A wonderful ensemble of hand-built pottery and hand-carved stone artifacts from across ancient Mexico. First is a Tlatilco standing figure with coffee bean-shaped eyes and nubbin limbs, all covered in red pigment. Next is a pair of male and female Jalisco pottery figures standing with delineated legs and arms held to their hips. Next is a gathering of 3 stone beads - gray, light brown, and seafoam green - of tubular and petaloid forms. Next is a Colima stone head with puffy eyelids, a miniscule mouth, and a broad neckline, all beneath a simple cap. The largest piece is a Teotihuacan pottery head with full lips and eyelids, a triangular nose, and a low-resting cap with a pair of bulbous, spherical ornaments. Size of largest (Teotihuacan head): 3.47" W x 2.82" H (8.8 cm x 7.2 cm)

Provenance: Whisnant Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, acquired over twenty years ago; (Jalisco Figures) ex-Col. Murray Korda collection, Orville, Vermont, USA

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Condition

Repair and restoration to right obverse section of belt on male Jalisco figure, with loss to top of head. Restoration to bottom half of proper right leg of female Jalisco figure. Loss to top portion of head of Tlatilco figure. Repair to light brown stone bead from 2 large pieces. Remaining 4 items are intact and very good. Colima and Teotihuacan heads are perhaps fragments from larger figures. Great preservation to detailing throughout. Old inventory label on verso of Colima head.

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Lot of 8 Ancient Mexican Pottery & Stone Objects

Name: Lot of 8 Ancient Mexican Pottery & Stone Objects
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Price: 400 USD
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