Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A tall, hand-built pottery standing figure with delineated legs, ample hips, perky breasts, sloping shoulders, and sinuous arms grasping at her portly abdomen. This "pretty lady" figure has an elongated head with impressed, slit-form eyes, a triangular nose, full lips, bar-shaped ears, and incised brows. A T-shaped headdress covers the top of the rounded pate, the vertical element of which displays several minute horizontal striations. Covered in espresso-hued pigment, this is a fascinating example from ancient Mexico! Size: 2.25" W x 4.9" H (5.7 cm x 12.4 cm); 5.4" H (13.7 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Jow Fowler collection, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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Minor nicks and abrasions to head, body, and legs, with light softening to some finer details, and fading to some areas of pigmentation, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.