PROTOCLASSIQUE, 100 AV.-250 AP. J.-C.

Details

CHIEN
COLIMA
PROTOCLASSIQUE, 100 AV.-250 AP. J.-C.
Hauteur : 10.6 cm. (4 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Robert L. Stolper, Los Angeles
Collection James et Marilynn Alsdorf, Chicago, acquis auprès de ce dernier le 8 décembre 1956

Literature

Sawyer, A.R., Animal Sculpture in Pre-Columbian Art, Chicago, 1957, p. 5

Exhibited

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Animal Sculpture in Pre-Columbian Art, 12 octobre 1957 - 2 février 1958

Special notice

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Further details

COLIMA DOG

The alert puppy with its body curved and baring sharp teeth, well sculpted haunches and painted overall in reddish brown.

For a similar example, see Couch, 1988: no. 14.

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Lot Essay

Le chiot avec son corps courbé et ses dents acérées, bien sculpté et peint dans l’ensemble en brun rougeâtre.

Pour un exemple similaire, voir Couch, 1988 : n° 14.

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