Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure in a seated pose with legs folded beneath her body and knee-length skirt. Highly burnished and adorned in beige, khaki, and burnt umber hues, the figure presents with a nude upper body that displays her globular breasts and rounded shoulders, and attenuated arms with impressed fingers are held out beside her abdomen. Her elongated head exhibits ovoid eyes with thick eyelids, a prominent nose above thick lips, full cheeks and a rounded chin, and tab-shaped ears, all beneath a minimalist cap that rests high on the brow. Size: 5.375" W x 7.3" H (13.7 cm x 18.5 cm)
Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010
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Condition
Repair and restoration to center of skirt above legs, both arms, proper left ear, nasal bridge, and lips, and head reattached to neckline with restoration along neckline, all with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines; head repaired from a few larger pieces as well. Nicks, abrasions, and a few small spalls to body, limbs, and head, with light encrustations across composition, and fading to pigment in scattered areas. Nice preservation to overall figural form.