Lot Essay
The figure is rendered in the retablo style. These slab like figures are characterized by their highly abstract and composed posture. The artistic intent may be to portray an ideal mother or motherhood.
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CA. A. D. 500-1000
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QUIMBAYA FEMALE FIGURE
Ca. A. D. 500-1000
The seated abstract figure with extended, rotund legs and cupped hands held at the chest, the rectangular-shaped head with slit eyes and mouth, prominent, pierced nose, adorned with incised leg and arm bands, painted overall in brown, further pierced along the top of the head and abdomen.
Height: 12 in. (30.3 cm)
Ca. A. D. 500-1000
The seated abstract figure with extended, rotund legs and cupped hands held at the chest, the rectangular-shaped head with slit eyes and mouth, prominent, pierced nose, adorned with incised leg and arm bands, painted overall in brown, further pierced along the top of the head and abdomen.
Height: 12 in. (30.3 cm)
Provenance
Ernst Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, acquired in the 1960s
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