Jalisco Seated Female,
Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C. - A.D. 250
Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C. - A.D. 250
height 8in (2.5cm)
Unslipped earthenware with reddish-orange and cream paint
Provenance:
Helen Schneider, New York
Jack Wexler Collection, Great Neck, New York, acquired from the above in ca. 1960
Private Collection, California
This rather voluptuous female sits trancelike, wearing a skirt, necklace and hat and is holding a bowl on her lap with her left hand which gently curls around the cup; an unusually fine work with most of the original paint intact.
Unslipped earthenware with reddish-orange and cream paint
Provenance:
Helen Schneider, New York
Jack Wexler Collection, Great Neck, New York, acquired from the above in ca. 1960
Private Collection, California
This rather voluptuous female sits trancelike, wearing a skirt, necklace and hat and is holding a bowl on her lap with her left hand which gently curls around the cup; an unusually fine work with most of the original paint intact.
Estimate:
US$ 2,000 - 3,000
€1,600 - 2,300
£1,300 - 2,000
€1,600 - 2,300
£1,300 - 2,000
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art