Red-brown seated hunchback singer, having a Chinesco type body, wearing fancy earrings and has an incised hairdo. Some remaining traces of black and white painted details. Overall surface deposits. Head reattached and missing one loop on his left earring, ancient chips on his lower lip.
SIGNED: Unsigned COLOR: Red 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: 7 ¾ inches tall, 5 inches wide, weighs 694 grams. PROVENANCE 4: Ex. Arte Primitivo Gallery, Downtown Manhattan,New York City 2024 PROVENANCE 3: To family by descent. AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE: Lifetime LISTED BY: The Chapman Collection TYPE: Figure MANGANESE DIOXIDE REACTION TEST RESULTS: Positive reaction indicative of about 2000 years of burial PROVENANCE 2: Acquired February 8th, 1983 from Sotheby's, NYC. Lot #139 PROVENANCE 1: Ex. collection of Ronald and Maralyn Biderman, Toronto. ORIGINAL/REPRODUCTION: Original STYLE: Pre-Columbian AREA OF ORIGIN: Mexico
