Description:

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 9th to 4th century BCE. A hand-built pottery vessel depicting a rotund female 'Venus' figure, perhaps meant to exude connotations of fertility or virility. The figure features a pair of red-orange arms with perky hands on either side of the circular, beige-hued body as well as a pair of globular thighs terminating in miniscule feet. The broad head protrudes from atop the flush neck and exhibits coffee-bean-shaped eyes, a slender nose above thin lips, and spool-adorned ears to either side of the neatly arranged coiffure. An intriguing figurative example from the Chorrera of ancient Ecuador. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 9.7" L x 6.75" W x 4.8" H (24.6 cm x 17.1 cm x 12.2 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from the 1950s to the 1960s

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#160653

  • Condition: Professionally repaired from over a dozen large pieces, with nearly invisible resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor pitting and abrasions to some surfaces, with fading to areas of original pigment. Nice preservation to overall form. Old inventory label on underside.

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