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2 Colima Pottery Mother & Child Figures
2 Colima Pottery Mother & Child Figures
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Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely set of 2 hand-built pottery mothers, each holding their respective child in their arms. The first figure bears a light red hue with a nodule-form cap as she supports her child up near her chest. The second figure exhibits light tan and beige hues and wears a tapered cap while supporting her child's upper body while they sit playfully in her lap. Size (larger): 3.125" W x 5.125" H (7.9 cm x 13 cm); (smaller): 2.875" W x 3.75" H (7.3 cm x 9.5 cm)

Provenance: private Marysville, California, USA collection; (small) ex-Artemis Gallery auction, March 25, 2019, lot 85; ex-private Southern California, USA collection, acquired 1970 to 1985; (large) ex-Artemis Gallery auction, November 14, 2018; ex-private Honolulu, Hawaii collection, before 2000

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Condition
Both mother figures and their children have repairs with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Each figure has minor nicks, abrasions, encrustations, and softening to some finer details. Nice earthen deposits throughout.
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