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Sold - Aug 08 browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Pre AD 1000: item # 551319 Please refer to our stock # Sold - Aug when inquiring.
Helios Gallery Rockery Bath, SN138BG +44 (0)1225 744751 Guest Book Sold - Aug 08 UK Pounds - £100 |
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| A very expressive and carefully modelled pottery figure of a naked standing male. The figure stands with his legs wide apart, wearing only a girdle or belt and a pair of large circular earrings. The head is modelled with particularly strong features, accentuated by the coffee-bean shape eyes and pronounced nose. Mexico, Tlatilco Culture, middle to late 1st Millennium BC. Right leg re-attached, tip of right arm lost, losses to the applied hair over the head. Size: 9.8 x 5.4 cms. Ex. private collection, Surrey, UK. Inherited by the previous owner and originally purchased in London, possibly at Astarte Gallery, Mayfair. Sold with a wooden display stand. | ||
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