*Sculpture

*Sculpture

depicting a standing nude woman holding a dish. The folds of the knees are marked and the feet roughly carved. The sex is visible. The shoulders are covered with pastillage scarification. The short arms, bent and raised towards the chest, hold a large dish in their hands. The neck is adorned with a pendant necklace. The eyes, hollowed out in the shape of coffee beans, appear to be closed, lending the figure a certain meditative expression. The arched superciliary arches meet the root of the nose. The ears are finely drawn and adorned with circular curls. A firing hole has been made at the back of the head. Brown hollow earthenware with reddish-brown slip and traces of manganese oxide Colima, Mexico, 100 B.C. - 250 AD 47.1 x 24.2 x 20.8 cm Provenance : - Former Guy Joussemet collection since 1968 - Former Alain Birn collection since 1995 - Galerie Mermoz, 2001