Standing Female Figure Artist: Unknown

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300 B.C.–A.D. 300

Art of the Ancient Americas

On view, 1st floor, Art of the Ancient Americas

Medium

Ceramic with pigment

Dimensions

Depth: 24.13 × 6.99 × 3.2 cm (9 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

On loan from a Private Collection

Loan number

ILE2016.4.3

Geography

Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Colima, Autlan Style

Period

Protoclassic Period

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Sotheby's NY 11/18/87, lot 106
Insurance inventory 7/7/92
Bibliography

  • Richard F. Townsend, ed., Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 84, fig. 16.
  • Hasso Von Winning, Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1968), 110, fig. 123.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

statues

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