Seated Female Figurine

Seated Female Figurine

AD 800-1200
Seated Female Figurine. AD 800-1200. Modeled clay with cream slip and pigments (black and red).. Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1989.79.6.
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Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Mora Polychrome Guabal Variety
Object
figurine
Medium
Modeled clay with cream slip and pigments (black and red).
Dimensions
height: 1 5/8 in, 4.1275 cm; width: 1 in, 2.5400 cm; depth: 3/4 in, 1.9050 cm
Credit Line
Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Accession Number
1989.79.6
Known Provenance
Arthur N. Seiff [1901-1988], New York, by 1988; sale, (Sotheby’s), New York, “Pre-Columbian Art,” Nov. 21, 1988, lot no. 321; purchase, collection of Frederick R. [1928-2007] and Jan Mayer, Denver, 1988; gift, Denver Art Museum, 1989.

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