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Two Pre-Columbian Jalisco ceramic figures

Circa 100 BCE-250 CE
Each earthenware painted with red and cream slips, comprising a kneeling female figure with one outstretched hand and one hand behind her head and a hunchback crouching male figure holding a rattle, 2 pieces
Larger: 14" H x 10.5" W x 8.5" D; Smaller: 8.5" H x 7" W x 5.5" D

  • Provenance: Sale: Bonhams, San Francisco, "Native American and Pre-Columbian Art," June 4, 2007, Lot 4549
    Property from the collection of Fred Wessman, Houston
  • Condition: Each overall good condition with scattered scuffs, scratches, rubbed wear, inherent firing flaws, and weathering commensurate with age and use. The first with minor restoration. The second with losses to fingers. Each with painted accession numbers to underside.

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