Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A collection of 5 hand-built pottery figures from the West Mexican shaft tomb tradition. First, a cross-legged human figure with an elongated conical head and earspools; second, a cross-legged human figure inside of a large drum-like throne that stands on four legs. The next two are a "gingerbread” style with flattened bodies; one standing with arms to the sides, and the other seated, with incredibly broad shoulders and pronounced female genitalia. The last is a standing figure with delineated and slender arms clasping her bosom / abdomen area. Size (seated gingerbread): 5.5" L x 2" W x 6.75" H (14 cm x 5.1 cm x 17.1 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; two smallest: ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Stagecoach, Nevada, USA collection; acquired from 1985 to present from galleries such as Arte Primitivo, Art For Eternity, Butterfields, and Riverbend Gallery

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#173674

Smallest seated figure is repaired at neck. Sides of figure in circular throne / seat is repaired in multiple places, infill along break lines. Standing pottery flat figure is intact and very good. Large, seated woman is repaired with break lines on neck and legs. Large standing figure is restored and repaired.