Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Valley of Mexico, Mixtec people, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A nice set of two hand-built pottery pieces from ancient Mexico: a figure and a tripod bowl. The Jalisco figure presents seated with nubbin legs and one arm held to the protruding mouth, with shoulder nodules indicative of scarification, and a minimalist headband. The bowl features a deep basin surrounded by a flared rim, a trio of triangular legs with cut lower corners, and red-painted spirals and step motifs atop a beige ground. Size (bowl): 5.3" W x 3.25" H (13.5 cm x 8.3 cm); (figure): 2.4" W x 3.625" H (6.1 cm x 9.2 cm)
Provenance: private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired through descent; ex-private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired at auction and from private collections from 1965 to 1970
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Condition
Bowl has repairs to all three legs as well as large area of rim and upper walls, with resurfacing and light adhesive residue along break lines; figure is intact and very good. Both pieces have light encrustations and fading to pigment. Nice remains of pigment and overall forms.