Collection of Five Fine Miniatures... (Total: 5 Items)

Description

Collection of Five Fine Miniatures

Chupicuaro and Teotihucan
C. 200 BC-600 AD
Painted Pottery
2" to 3" Tall

A nice grouping of five miniature figurines including one seated small Teotihuacan man wearing an enormous headdress with a flange, this with one clean break on arm. The others, all Chupicuaro, include an obese female wearing a conical hat and presenting a plate of food, this, in five pieces; an unusual standing woman attempting to lean completely backward with both hands holding the back of her left thigh and staring upward, intact; a wonderful detailed woman working a mano and metate, one clean break; and a standing nude male playing a two piped flute, intact.

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