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Colima Redware Seated Figure Vessel, ex-Sotheby's
Colima Redware Seated Figure Vessel, ex-Sotheby's
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Description
**Originally Listed At $1400**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built female figural redware vessel, shown nude with a pear-shaped body, delineated genitalia and large nipples, seated with diminutive arms and legs and delineated fingers and toes, her body further adorned with cicatricial marks (shoulder pellets). She presents an expressive visage comprised of coffee bean shaped eyes, arched brows, a protruding nose, puckering lips, petite cup-shaped ears, and a pointed chin - all topped by a headdress which also forms the flared spout. Size: 11.1" W x 13.5" H (28.2 cm x 34.3 cm)

Provenance: ex-Sotheby's New York, May 20, 1986, Lot 286

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#156286
Condition
Expertly repaired and restored from several large pieces, notably across the belly and on one leg. Great deposits on surface.
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Colima Redware Seated Figure Vessel, ex-Sotheby's

Estimate $1,300 - $1,950
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