Museum quality. Solid pottery female figure seated with her legs held to the left. Left hand held over her right breast. Having a sheep type face, with a long needle nose, pointed ears and wearing large openwork ear ornaments, elongated tapered slab type head. Wearing a rope twist headband and knee length skirt decorated with a linear block textile pattern. Painted white highlights and details on a red-brown slip ground. Scattered areas of mineral deposits on the surface. Some normal scattered paint wear with minor losses, otherwise intact. A very nice example.
SIGNED: Unsigned COLOR: Red Tan DATE OF CREATION: Pre-1800 MATERIAL: Ceramic & Porcelain REGION OF ORIGIN: Mexico MAKER: Pre-Columbian Potter CREATED: Approximately 100 BC to 250 AD SIZE TYPE/LARGEST DIMENSION: 8 ¾ inches tall, 4 ¾ inches wide, weighs 713 grams. PROVENANCE 3: Ex. Arte Primitivo Gallery, Downtown Manhattan, NYC 2024. AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE: Lifetime LISTED BY: The Chapman Collection TYPE: Pottery MANGANESE DIOXIDE REACTION TEST RESULTS: Positive reaction indicative of about 2000 years of burial PROVENANCE 2: Private Nevada collection. ESTIMATED VALUE BY HOWARD ROSE, OWNER OF ARTE PRIMITIVO GALLERY: $1200-$1800 PROVENANCE 1: Ex. Dr. David Harner collection, Arkansas, 1950’s - 1960’s ORIGINAL/REPRODUCTION: Original STYLE: Pre-Columbian AREA OF ORIGIN: Mexico
