KNEELING WOMAN Culture Jalisco, Western Mexico Protoclassical,... Lot 21

KNEELING WOMAN Culture Jalisco, Western Mexico Protoclassical, 100 BC-250 AD. H. 36 cm - W. 29 cm Light beige and brick-red slip ceramic, ornamental painting black, lightly varnished surface She's shirtless, wearing a simple skirt, hands exaggeratedly developed resting on the thighs. Beautiful body painting running up and down the arms and chest. Head clear of the shoulders showing a very classic face in the Jalisco culture: bulging eyes with a very classic heavy eyelids framing a long straight nose with dilated nostrils, half-opened mouth with lipstick, skull ritually deformed backwards, hair incised. (Surface wear due to moisture) Provenance: - Alfred Stendhal Gallery, Los Angeles, 1960s - Franco Monti Collection Exhibition/Publication : - Arte Precolombiana, Mesoamerica, Galleria Milano, Milan, exhibition from January to April 1967, described under No. 20