Pre-Columbian, El Salvador and Honduras, Maya Territories, Proto-Maya, Pre-Classic period, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A lovely pottery figure of a female depicted standing atop bulbous legs with tapered feet. Her attenuated arms bend at the elbows to rest on her stomach, just above her wide hips which are covered by a loin cloth. Capped with a pointed headdress, her ancient visage gazes skyward exhibiting slender eyes, a round nose, and a slightly open mouth, all flanked by a pair of annular earspools. Size: 2.8" W x 7.3" H (7.1 cm x 18.5 cm)

Provenance: private Healy collection, Studio City, California, USA, acquired in 2018; ex-Arte Primitivo, July 16th, 2018, Lot 232 (1 of 2); ex-private Nevada, USA collection, acquired in the 1990s; ex-Foreign Unlimited, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA

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Restoration to head and left arm. Expected nicks and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, very nice with great mineral deposits throughout.