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LOT 2481
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Colima Standing Female
100 B.C.-250 A.D.
6 1/2 in. (132 grams, 16.5 cm).
In pale yellow-orange terracotta, female standing with one arm wrapped around her waist, the other holding an object, probably a baby; with distinctive facial features, wearing a cap and with large ear plugs, with applied pellet decoration on her right shoulder, to the reverse a long pigtail hanging down. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a USA private collection.
Ex Dr David Harner collection, Arkansas, 1950s-1960s.
Ex TimesAncient, Bristol, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue entry.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Kan, Meighan and Nicholson, Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, A catalogue of the Proctor Stafford Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, fig.139; for a short and informative essay on hand modelled Colima figures, see Pearsons, L., Pre Columbian Art, The Morton D May and The Saint Louis Art Museum Collections, 1980, Harper and Row, New York, p.88.
Footnotes
Hand modelled early Colima figures are famed for their variety and insight into how the Colima lived thousands of years ago. Figures were hand modelled and show both men and women partaking in daily activities in addition to the shaman and dancers engaged in religious ceremonies.
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