Venus shown standing with upper body and face... Lot 125
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Venus shown standing with upper body and face decorated with zigzag ceremonial painting. His face has a beautiful youthful expression with an open mouth symbolically showing his teeth. This decoration probably evokes a concept of fertility associated with water and the lightning that preceded its arrival. This work is distinguished by the beautiful alternating colours between the upper body and the face Terracotta with smooth brown, coffee red and beige slip Chupicuaro, state of Guanajuato, Mexico 300-100 BC 30 x 12 x 6 cm
Provenance: Hasso von Winning, February 1975
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