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Pre-Columbian Art Collection/ HK : Michoacan Sculpture of a Standing Woman
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Michoacan Sculpture of a Standing Woman - PF.1394
Origin: Michoacan, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
6.25" (15.9cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: HK
£9,600.00
Location: UAE
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Though her bold symmetry only makes a
minimal concession to realism, this abstract
woman glows with the energy of human life.
Bare breasted, wearing jewelry, and bearing
traces of polychrome paint, she was left long ago
as a votive gift. Almost certainly, she represents
the person who offered her before the Gods, a
woman of ancient Mexico. Perhaps this is the
only clue remaining to that forgotten human life,
the embodiment of hopes and dreams not so
very different from those we might feel today.
Just beneath the surface of the clay, we sense
the heartbeat of a vanished world.
- (PF.1394)
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