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Colima Sculpture of a Standing Figure - PF.1445
Origin: Western Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
9.125" (23.2cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Colima
Medium: Terracotta
£9,000.00
Location: Great Britain
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With graceful abstraction, the artist has captured
the essence of the human figure. Save for the
nose, not a single feature is articulated, yet we
can sense the spiritual energy of a real person.
It is as if the hands that held it long ago the
hands of the potter and those of the mourner
who offered it as a funerary gift—transferred
their thoughts and emotions directly into the
clay. Stripped of any unnecessary detail, it
radiates a life force that can be understood
universally in any time and by any culture.
- (PF.1445)
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