P-3748- A COLIMA
SEATED DOG
COMALA STYLE, WEST MEXICO
Protoclassic Period, Circa 100
B.C. to A.D. 250. Ceramic with burnished reddish-brown slip.
Height: 9-1/4
inches (23.5 cm.); Length: 14 inches (35.6 cm.)
Provenance: From a Private
California Collection formed during the 1960s. Private information available to
purchaser.
sold
This
Colima dog sitting attentively, with his head held high in a noble posture, his
open mouth baring his teeth, exhibits well
defined details: alert eyes, perked
ears, good musculature, up-turned tail, and a sculpturally expressive countenance..