Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, ca. 500 to 100 BCE; Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A fine set of 4 hand-built pottery figures from the Michoacan and Chupicuaro cultures. First are 2 Michoacan female figures: one of squat stature with sizable breasts and dramatically slanted eyes, the other with a distended abdomen and incised diamond-shaped eyes. Next are 2 Chupicuaro figures: a nude woman adorned with red and white pigment across her chest and head, and a nude male figure wearing a shell-bead necklace and an elaborate hat. Size of largest (Chupicuaro male): 2.25" W x 5.7" H (5.7 cm x 14.5 cm)

Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection, acquired 2019 and 2020 from Heritage Auction, Dallas, Texas and Atremis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA

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#170740

  • Condition: Repair to both legs of Michoacan figure with distended abdomen; squat figure is intact and very good with old inventory label reading "Chup" for Chupicuaro, but this is incorrect. Head of female Chupicuaro figure reattached at neck, and repair to waistline of male Chupicuaro figure. Nice preservation to overall forms.

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