Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima and Michoacan, Chupicuaro, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A group of four hand-molded pottery figures. Three depict recumbent figures on litters, two showing nude females secured beneath arched canopies, and one Chupicuaro example reclining beneath a pair of arches. The fourth figure portrays a dignitary seated within a circular upright throne or litter. Such works were placed in shaft tombs, where they were closely tied to funerary belief and ancestral veneration. They may depict the deceased being transported on their final journey, or living elites honored in ritual display, embodying a vision of both earthly status and the afterlife. Size of upright figure: 3.2" W x 3.75" H (8.1 cm x 9.5 cm)

Provenance: private Colorado collection, USA, August 1, 2024, Lot 149; ex- Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA; ex-private Nevada collection, USA; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired 1950s to 1960s, from collections N.8, M143, and V-32

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  • Condition: Stable hairline fissure on the verso of the upright figure. Michoacan figure is repaired from several pieces. Smallest Colima figure arch is repaired. Nice manganese and light mineral deposits to each.

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