Lot Essay
Cf. Olmec World, fig. 239c, for the general type
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PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
OLMEC SEATED FIGURE
LAS BOCAS, EARLY PRECLASSIC, CA. 1200 - 900 B.C.
Details
OLMEC SEATED FIGURE
LAS BOCAS, EARLY PRECLASSIC, ca. 1200 - 900 B.C.
in an animated posture with legs crossed and the left hand raised and cupped, the face with full lips parted and deeply recessed at the corners, eyes distinctivly smooth as if squinting, the cut away coiffure forming striated plaits at the back, each highlighted by bright orange-red pigment with similar colored wash down the front of the chest, covered over all in a creamy slip.
Height 4 1/4 in. (10.5 cm.)
LAS BOCAS, EARLY PRECLASSIC, ca. 1200 - 900 B.C.
in an animated posture with legs crossed and the left hand raised and cupped, the face with full lips parted and deeply recessed at the corners, eyes distinctivly smooth as if squinting, the cut away coiffure forming striated plaits at the back, each highlighted by bright orange-red pigment with similar colored wash down the front of the chest, covered over all in a creamy slip.
Height 4 1/4 in. (10.5 cm.)
Provenance
William O'Boyle Collection
Exhibited
Hempstead, Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, February 28 - April 28, 1980.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 6, 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.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 6, 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.