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Veracruz standing female figure, Nopiloa, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950 image 1
Veracruz standing female figure, Nopiloa, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950 image 2
Lot 257

Veracruz standing female figure, Nopiloa, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950

11 November 2019, 15:00 EST
New York

US$20,000 - US$30,000

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Veracruz standing female figure, Nopiloa, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950

height 8in (20.3cm)

Provenance
D. Daniel Michel, Chicago (#61.065), acquired in 1961
Ancient Art of the New World, New York
American Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1991

Published
McNear, Everett, High Culture in the Americas Before 1500, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, 1982, p. 33, fig. 66
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors, Chicago, 1963, p. 11

Exhibited
High Culture in the Americas Before 1500, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, 15 November - 31 December 1982
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors, Chicago, 20 September - 27 October, 1963

Finely molded out of eggshell-thin ceramic, the face with almond-shaped eyes, parted lips showing teeth and a delicate, raised scarification in a dotted line circling around the broad cheek surfaces, wearing a tunic with stepped pattern and carrying a basket in her right arm containing a bundle.

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