#protoclassic

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Standing dog with spouted tail,

Colima, Protoclassic, c. 100 BCE-250 CE,

Earthenware,

7 h × 6 w × 12½ d in (18 × 15 × 32 cm)

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Colima Seated Dog Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250

The tall, grinning canine with his body, neck and head covered in a pattern of fine concentric wrinkles, with a distinctive treatment of the swept back, hollowed ears and highly burnished shoulder blades with a bicolor use of the slip in brown and red-brown.

Dogs held a powerful and pivotal place in ancient Mesoamerican cultures. In both the Maya and Aztec calendars, the favorable tenth day sign was ‘Dog’, Itzcuintli, in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec. Dogs were kept as pets, hunting companions and guardians of the home. The Maya portrayed a dog holding a torch in their codices, possibly referring to their belief that the dog brought fire to mankind.

Colima dog sculptures are unique in their realism, vivacity and lustrous modeling. As an important part of the burial furniture of their tombs, the dog, in life and in death, remained Pre-Columbian man’s most revered companion.

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Colima Seated Wrinkled Dog,

Protoclassic, 100 BC - AD 250,

Height: 13 ½ in (34.3 cm).

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Large Nayarit Female Figure

San Sebastián style

Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

Large figure of strong youthful form, the head held high with meditative expression, her face elaborately adorned with a large nosering and cascade of multiple earrings along each lobe, the broad shoulders draped with tightly spaced multiple necklaces, and carefully striated coiffure, supported on a two-legged stool with slender arms pressed against the torso. Height: 25 1/2 in (64.7 cm)

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Fine Chinesco Figure of a Seated Female

Lagunillas Type D

Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.- A.D. 250

The idealized and stylized young woman resting dynamically in a meditative posture with hands to her waist, the legs outstretched with arched feet and toes flexed, her broad face with delicate pointed chin, eyes closed to a slit and finely striated coiffure radiating from the central part, adorned solely with a row of pendant earrings along each lobe and double necklaces,  supporting a small olla at the top of the head as spout, with highly burnished surface.

Height: 10 ¼ in (26 cm)

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JALISCO SEATED FEMALE FIGURE, AMECA STYLE, 

PROTOCLASSIC, CA. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

distinguished by her creamy white slip overall, with slender shins folded beneath and feet turned inward, protective animated posture with arms raised,  lips parted and rimmed eyes slightly narrowed, wearing a skirt and her jewelry highlighted in orange brown pigment.

Height: 17 3/4 in (45.2 cm)

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Pre-Columbian Chinesco Protoclassic Female Figure

Nayarit, Mexico, ca. 200 BC - 200 AD. Chinesco protoclassic type D seated female figure in pottery. Well-detailed facial fetures, legs apart exposing female genatalia. A very fine and large example. 9-1/2"H x 9-1/2"W. 

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