Lot Essay
Cf. St. Louis Art Museum, fig. 112
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PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
MICHOACAN FEMALE FIGURE
LATE PRECLASSIC, CA. 300 - 100 B.C.
Details
MICHOACAN FEMALE FIGURE
LATE PRECLASSIC, ca. 300 - 100 B.C.
standing on tapering legs with short arms to the sides, with punctate facial features, wearing a patterned skirt and turban and massive jewelry, with extensive remains of red pigment.
Height 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.)
LATE PRECLASSIC, ca. 300 - 100 B.C.
standing on tapering legs with short arms to the sides, with punctate facial features, wearing a patterned skirt and turban and massive jewelry, with extensive remains of red pigment.
Height 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.)
Provenance
William O'Boyle Collection
Exhibited
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 31, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.