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Colima Redware Standing Gingerbread Figure
Colima Redware Standing Gingerbread Figure
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware pottery figure depicting a "gingerbread" figure, so-named for its relatively flat body style. The figure stands upon wide-spread legs and has rounded hips, a torso decorated with an incised tunic, angular shoulders leading to attenuated arms, and an intricate, pendant-adorned necklace. The minimalist visage is composed of a prominent nose, drooping ears with recessed ear spools, an incised mouth, and an intricate headdress. The eyes, while absent, were painted atop the face in now-faded black pigment at one time. Size: 3.45" W x 6" H (8.8 cm x 15.2 cm); 6.625" H (16.8 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s

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#140916
Condition
Minor nicks to legs, arms, body, and head, with fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout. Nice traces of original pigmentation on face.
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Colima Redware Standing Gingerbread Figure

Estimate $300 - $450
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Starting Price $125
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