A Tlatilco sitting female figure
Terracotta figure of a sitting female figure. Legs outstanding, hands on her abdomen. Terracotta with red slib and black paint. Tlatilco culture, Mexico, 1200 – 500 BC.
Literature
‘Pre Columbian Art from Mexico and South America’, Alain Lapiner, 1976, fig. 1-12. ‘Kunstschatten uit het oude Mexico’ de nieuwe kerk, Amsterdam, 2002.
Provenance
Ex private collection The Netherlands, collected around 1960. The Zwaan auctions, Amsterdam, 2008.
Size
Height 25 cm, width, 23,5 cm.
Price
€ 1.600,-
Condition
Good. no repairs, some wear of old age, nice patina of old age.
