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Jalisco Nude Female Figural Vessel Olla Atop Head

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Jalisco Nude Female Figural Vessel Olla Atop Head

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Description

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery female figure kneeling atop folded legs while adorned in dense cream-hued stripes, spots, and bands. The woman presents with hands at her hips, a forward gaze behind a prominent, ring-adorned nose, and a finely striated coiffure surmounted by a knobbed olla. Size: 4" L x 6.375" W x 11.6" H (10.2 cm x 16.2 cm x 29.5 cm)

Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Arte Xibalba, Osprey, Florida, USA, acquired in 2005; ex-Grace Hazenbush collection, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; ex-Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Condition

Light abrasions and earthen deposits, with minor fading to pigment, and softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to overall form and decorative pigment.