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Fine Tlatilco Pottery Pretty Lady Figure
Fine Tlatilco Pottery Pretty Lady Figure
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Description
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Central Highlands, Middle Pre-Classic, Type D-1, ca. 1500 BCE. A skillfully hand-built solid terracotta standing female figure depicted with wide hips signifying her fertility, outstretched attenuated arms, and long plaited braids over either side of her bust. Minute remaining traces of red and ochre surface pigment. Custom stand. Size: 4.125" H (10.5 cm); 4.375" H (11.1 cm) on stand

Compare to similar example in "The Jaguar's Children: Pre-Classic Central Mexico" by Michael Coe, New York Museum of Primitive Art, 1965.

Provenance: private Long Island, New York, USA collection

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#121902
Condition
Minor surface wear. Nice pigment remains. Overall excellent.
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Fine Tlatilco Pottery Pretty Lady Figure

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