SEATED FIGURE WITH TURBAN Tlatilco culture, Valle de Mexico, Mexico
Middle Preclassic, 1200-900 B.C.C.
Ceramic with creamy-white slip and remnants of red and orange pigments
H. 9.8 cm
Olmec (Tlatilco) seated figure with turban, ceramic with white-ivory slip and traces of red and orange pigments, Mexico
H. 3 ¾ in
Provenance:
Private American collection, acquired 2003
Rebecca Stokes, Nyack, acquired by inheritance 1989
Former collection of John A. Stokes, Nyack, USA Publications:
Coe, Michael D. et al., The Olmec World - Ritual and Rulership, The Art Museum, Princeton University in association with Harry N. Abrams Inc, New York, 1995, p. 321, fig. 243c.
Exhibitions:
The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership
The Art Museum, Princeton University, 16 December 1995 - 25 February 1996
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 14 April - 9 June 1996
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