**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful hand-built pottery figure of a stylized anthropomorphic form. The figure stands atop a pair of delineated legs in a pantomime pose with a broad chest and an elongated conical head - characteristic of the "gingerbread" motif found within Colima arts. This minimalist example has a striking silhouette and still has significant amounts of its original pigments. His conical headdress may represent a horn, suggesting this figure may be a shaman. Size: 5.375" W x 7.125" H (13.7 cm x 18.1 cm); 7.5" H (19 cm) on included custom stand.

An excellent example from the West Mexican shaft tomb tradition. Ceramic figurines such as this are among the most expressive and dramatic created in Mesoamerica. According to scholars of this tradition, such ceramic figures were the primary outlet for artistic expression for the shaft tomb cultures and there is little record of monumental architecture, stelae, or public art associated with these cultures.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the 1980s

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#163856

Collection label on verso. Expected nicks and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with nice remaining pigments and scattered mineral deposits throughout.