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Lot n° 23

Vénus Colima

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Venus of fertility, she presents a naked young woman with swollen genitals as a sign of procreation. She wears many ornaments, perhaps attesting to her important rank with the deity whose service she is at the service of. Beige and orange terracotta. Colima, Western Mexico, 100 B.C. to 250 A.D. H: 17.5 cm.