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| Auction Closes At: |
10:17:00 12/09/2024 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
007. Olmec Seated Figure Squeezing the Right Breast |
| Estimate: |
$10,000-$15,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$5,250.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$5,250.00 |
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| Category: |
Pre-Columbian Art
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| Sub Category: |
Mexico - Olmec and Pre-Classic Cultures
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| Culture or Country: |
Las Bocas.
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| Period: |
Early Pre-Classic Period: 1200 - 900 B.C.
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| Size: |
2-3/4”H. x 2- 1/2”W. |
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| Description: |
Natural buff pottery with pink-orange painted highlights, depicting a seated female figure with very expressive facial features. Aged females in Olmec art are often pregnant or hold babies in their laps, leading to the interpretation that they represent themes of fecundity and fertility. It is hard not to escape such notions here with this old woman holding out her sagging, withered breast, almost as if she were expressing milk from it to breastfeed a baby. Her entire pose is one of offering as she leans forward and lifts her face as if to speak. The striated hair is parted on the forehead over eyeless orbits as with so many Las Bocas figures. The open slits above the breasts may be emblematic of her role or status, while the opening in the navel probably served as firing vent hole. Missing the tip of her right foot, head reattached with break line visible, with a small loss to the top of her ponytail. Metropolitan Museum of Art long term exhibited. A very rare and powerful example of Olmec sculpture. |
| Provenance: |
Private NYC. collection, acquired 9/12/2003 from John A. Stokes, Nyack, NY., acquired in 1976 from Agueda Hernandez Herrero (mother of Marisol Stokes).
Exhibitions: Long Term Loan #L.2004.44.6:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY., October 7, 2004 - February 2016.
The Olmec World - Ritual and Rulership, fig. 239e
The Art Museum, Princeton University, December 16, 1995 - February 25, 1996.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 14 - June 9, 1996. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$55.00 |
| International: |
$125.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Olmec Seated Figure Squeezing the Right Breast
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BIDDER |
BID |
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Original Bid Time |
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Keoma |
$5,250.00 |
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12/9/2024 10:10:03 AM |
| 2. |
Bobcat |
$5,000.00 |
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11/20/2024 9:32:37 PM |
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