A LARGE & UNIQUE COLIMA STANDING DUCK.
Anthropos Gallery
This duck stands alertly with large eyes in relief, a well-defined beak, with wide and stable bifurcated feet, a broad pointed tail, and a spout at the top of his head. The slip is red to reddish brown with areas of black resist decoration and some firing cloud and manganese oxide deposits. In Colima sculpture, most ducks are depicted smaller and sitting in nestled groups of two or more. This larger one is unique, in that it stands boldly alone and depicts an incomparable signature individuality.
SOLD
Artwork details
Origin
Unknown Colima artist, refined Comala Style, West Coast Cultures, Protoclassic Mexico, circa 100 B.C. to A.D. 250.
Dimension
H 14IN
H 35.56CM
Provenance
1) The Private Houston Texas Pre-Columbian Art Collection of Federico Bermudez, formed during the early 1960s. 2) The Tim Misenhimer Collection, Bel Air, California, 2003.
Condition
Excellent.