Lot 9
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large and lovely pottery figure depicting a nude man seated with bent legs upon a pair of posterior spikes. Highly burnished and adorned with red and red-orange slip, the figure presents with both arms resting upon his thighs, his feet outstretched and legs flanking a petite phallus, as he leans forward with rounded shoulders and a slightly curved back. The elongated head exhibits a pair of slit-form, coffee bean-shaped eyes, a triangular nose with broad nostrils, a narrow mouth, and ears adorned with multiple rings each, all beneath a tall forehead surmounted by a finely incised cap. A vent hole atop the head enabled heat to escape during the firing process. Size: 7.1" W x 12.7" H (18 cm x 32.3 cm)
Provenance: private St. Petersburg, Florida, USA collection, acquired via Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA, February 2022; ex-private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010
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#194010
- Condition: Professionally restored from multiple pieces with new material on both arms and areas of both shoulders, neckline, body, and posterior, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material and break lines. Repair to proper left leg at calf and left posterior spike with chipping and visible adhesive residue along break lines. Loss to a couple of toes on left foot as shown. Nicks to head, body, feet, and posterior spikes, with fading to pigment in scattered areas, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Nice remains of pigment in most areas.
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