Prehispanic Tlatilco Figure. Pre-Classic, c.500 B.C. A ceramic female figure with lentoid-section body, oval head with stylised facial details, short hair, hairband, stub arm and leg, conical breasts and sub-circular piercing representing the navel, hollow-formed; mounted on a custom-made display stand; old handwritten identification label applied to reverse, and previous older inked 'CHO' above. 293 grams, 15.5 cm high (445 grams total, 18 cm including stand) (6 1/8 in.) From Cholula. Acquired from Antiquarius antiquities, Nottingham, UK, 1995. Richard Cotterill collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, collection number 2939.040.95. Mellors and Kirk, Nottingham, UK, 2011. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by an old handwritten collector's label to verso. [1, No Reserve]

Fine condition.