**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE; Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE; Valley of Mexico, Aztec Empire, ca. 1400 to 1521 CE. A great collection of 7 ancient Mexican pottery figures! The largest is a flattened Colima figure, with applied ornaments and headdress, the female form emphasized by curvy hips. The next is a mold made Aztec terracotta figure with naturalistic features, jewelry, and waist cloth. The other Colima figurine is seated with a conical head and piercings through the earlobes. The Jalisco vessel is in the form of an anthropomorphic seated "cargador" (literally "carrier") figure with nubbin feet, a globular body, and rim opening behind his head. The Tlatilco figure has an opening on her head, and the other Jalisco figure is crawling on all fours. The last is a Colima dog or human hybrid standing on all fours like a canine, with a spiny ridge back, short, upturned tail, but the head is human. Size (largest figure): 7.5" L x 3.75" W (19 cm x 9.5 cm)

Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966

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#168384

Largest flat figure is repaired, arms and head reattached and visible break lines and new material infill, nice remains of red pigments. Aztec mold made figure has chips to peripheries and mineral encrustations, find site and date written on verso surface. Kneeling figure is intact with surface abrasions. Losses to cargador figures arms and legs, and heavy mineral and earthen encrustations. Nice root marks on conical head figure, intact. Loss to headdress on globular cargador figure. Colima dog figure is intact with minor surface abrasions.