B-214 A COLIMA STANDING DOG, WEST MEXICO

This standing dog with red slip and copious manganese oxide deposits. Large spout-like flaring firing vent is the tail. Nice sculpture.

ORIGIN

Unknown Colima artist, West Mexican Cultures, Protoclassic, Circa 100 B.C. to A.D. 250.

DIMENSION

H 7IN x L 10.5IN
H 17.78CM x L 26.67CM

PROVENANCE

1) Ex-Sidney Newman Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Beverly Hills, California. Co-author of The Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico, with Hasso von Winning, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, 1974. 2) The Brisacher Family Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Costa Mesa, California.

CONDITION

Good for a 2,000 year old dog.