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Ameca-Ezatlán Style : Ameca-Ezatlán Style Jalisco Terracotta Sculpture of a Kneeling Woman
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Ameca-Ezatlán Style Jalisco Terracotta Sculpture of a Kneeling Woman - PF.1373
Origin: Jalsico, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
10.5" (26.7cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Ameca-Ezatlán
Medium: Terracotta
Location: United States
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In eloquent silence, this woman reaches out
across the ages to touch us on a basic human
level. Though created centuries ago, her
emotions seem immediate, as if she were just
this second expressing them. In the distant past,
she was placed in a tomb to accompany the
deceased through the afterlife. Though her
culture was vastly different from ours, the
sorrow of loss, her air of gentle melancholy, is
easily understood. It is the mark of great art that
it captures something timeless and eternal in
human nature.
- (PF.1373)
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