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P-3803 A JALISCO SEATED FEMALE FIGURE, AMECA TYPE

Protoclassic, circa 100 B.C. to A.D. 250.
The region of Etzatlan, Jalisco, West Mexico, Ameca Gray style.
Ceramic sculpture
Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm.)

Provenance: A Private San Diego County Collection of Pre-Columbian Art formed in 1969.

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This seated female figure, with finely detailed features highlighted by rare and well-preserved white facial pigment, holds both hands against her probably pregnant belly.

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