Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A hand-built and hollow pottery female figure of a characteristically abstract form known as a pretty lady. Presented with cream and black pigments, the attractive woman presents with curved legs protruding in front of a hemispherical base, a set of 4 cream-hued ornaments dangling above her pendulous breasts, and with both arms outstretched and raised at her shoulders. Her conical head bears bulging eyes, a slender, perky nose, a grinning mouth, vertical frets and lines on her cheeks, and cupped ears, all beneath a headband decorated with stippling and zigzagging stripes. Size: 6.375" W x 7.9" H (16.2 cm x 20.1 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, 1995 to 2010; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950-1960s

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#168287

Minor nicks to some surfaces, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to pigment and overall form. Old inventory label beneath base.