Lot of 3 Jalisco Sheepface Bichrome Figures
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Three hand built and carefully modeled sheep-face figures; one depicting a seated mother cradling her child, the mother highly decorated with a turban-style headdress, large earspools, shoulder pellets, beaded pectoral, and skirt - meticulously detailed with white pigment; another depicting a drummer, also painstakingly decorated, and lastly a petite standing female with outstretched arms and a curvaceous figure. Size: mother and child measure 3.5" W x 5.5" H (8.9 cm x 14 cm)
Provenance: Ex-Harvey Collection, acquired prior to 1972
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#120189
Provenance: Ex-Harvey Collection, acquired prior to 1972
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#120189
Condition
Drummer repaired from 3 to 5 pieces. Others intact. All with expected surface wear with pigment losses commensurate with age.
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Lot of 3 Jalisco Sheepface Bichrome Figures
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