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LOT 2707
Colima Culture Terracotta Seated Figure
CIRCA 200 B.C.-300 A.D.
10 5/8 in. (1.71 kg, 27 cm high).
Hollow-formed figure in sitting pose with stub legs and shallow bowl on the lap; broad shoulders and bowed arms, elongated head with lentoid eyes and large ears pierced at the lower edge to accept rings; conical upper head developing to a spout; traces of pigment. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Previously in the private collection of Leo (1922-1979), and Evelyn D. Farland (1930-2025), New York; thence by descent.
Literature
See Bruhns, K.O., Ancient South America, Cambridge World Archaeology series, Cambridge, 1994, for discussion of Colima / Western Mexico Shaft Tomb Culture; see also Holsbeke, M., Offerings for a New Life, Antwerp Ethnograhic Museum, 1998, figure 13, for an example of a colima figure holding a ceremonial bowl.
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