Earthenware, Pregnant Woman, Pre-Columbian
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Category: Pre-Columbian
Description: This statue depicts a pregnant woman displaying her swollen stomach. Her hands pushed into the back of her hips as if to support the additional weight. Her face looks swollen as well.
It is decorated
Material: Clay, Paint
Maker/Artist:
Date: 100 B.C. - 200 A.D.
Provenance: FL esate
History: Contemporary with Teotihuacan's greatness was the greatness of the Maya civilization. The period between 250 CE and 650 CE was a time of intense flourishing of Maya civilized accomplishments. While the many Maya city-states never achieved political unity on the order of the central Mexican civilizations, they exerted a tremendous intellectual influence upon Mexico and Central America. The Maya built some of the most elaborate cities on the continent, and made innovations in mathematics, astronomy, and calendrics. The Mayans also evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas using pictographs and syllabic elements in the form of texts and codices inscribed on stone, pottery, wood, or highly perishable books made from bark paper.
Dimensions: H 16.5 in W 7.25 in D 6 in
Size of Artwork:
Weight: 6lbs 12.8oz
Condition: The piece was recovered in pieces and is therefore covered in large cracks and has several triangular losses along the broken seams.
Category: Pre-Columbian
Description: This statue depicts a pregnant woman displaying her swollen stomach. Her hands pushed into the back of her hips as if to support the additional weight. Her face looks swollen as well.
It is decorated
Material: Clay, Paint
Maker/Artist:
Date: 100 B.C. - 200 A.D.
Provenance: FL esate
History: Contemporary with Teotihuacan's greatness was the greatness of the Maya civilization. The period between 250 CE and 650 CE was a time of intense flourishing of Maya civilized accomplishments. While the many Maya city-states never achieved political unity on the order of the central Mexican civilizations, they exerted a tremendous intellectual influence upon Mexico and Central America. The Maya built some of the most elaborate cities on the continent, and made innovations in mathematics, astronomy, and calendrics. The Mayans also evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas using pictographs and syllabic elements in the form of texts and codices inscribed on stone, pottery, wood, or highly perishable books made from bark paper.
Dimensions: H 16.5 in W 7.25 in D 6 in
Size of Artwork:
Weight: 6lbs 12.8oz
Condition: The piece was recovered in pieces and is therefore covered in large cracks and has several triangular losses along the broken seams.
Condition
The piece was recovered in pieces and is therefore covered in large cracks and has several triangular losses along the broken seams.
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Earthenware, Pregnant Woman, Pre-Columbian
Estimate $500 - $1,000
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