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Michoacan Pottery Female Pretty Lady Figure

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Michoacan Pottery Female Pretty Lady Figure

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Description

**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic Period, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A hand-built pottery 'pretty lady' figure with delineated legs, a portly abdomen, globular breasts, stocky arms, and a broad neck adorned with a group of impressed necklaces. The rounded head boasts an abstract visage of impressed coffee-bean-shaped eyes, a bulbous nose, thin lips, and puffy cheeks, all beneath a twin-lobed coiffure with drooping bangs. Size: 2.25" W x 4.4" H (5.7 cm x 11.2 cm); 4.875" H (12.4 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection, purchased May 10, 2019; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private New York, New York, USA collection

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#170738

Condition

Repair to one arm. Small loss to top of head, with softening to some finer details, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Light earthen deposits throughout.

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Michoacan Pottery Female Pretty Lady Figure

Name: Michoacan Pottery Female Pretty Lady Figure
SKU: 127145938
Price: 400 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $400 - $600

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