Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

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Property from The Miller Family collects ion, Chicago

Veracruz Seated Figure

Remojadas, Classic, circa AD 450 - 650

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October 28, 04:31 PM GTNN

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5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Property from The Miller Family collects ion, Chicago

Veracruz Seated Figure

Remojadas, Classic, circa AD 450 - 650

Height: 16 in (40.6 cm)

The Miller Family collects ion, Chicago, acquired by 1971 (listed in the November 16, 1971 appraisal of the collects ion)

Thence by descent to the present owner

The Remojadas style figures are consistently in set postures seated cross-legged or with arms on raised knees. One of the particular differentiating traits are the style of eyes, ranging from the incised eyes, double-wedge type, to the beaded eyes covered in black bit.mes n, such as the subject figure. Blackened highlights, cicatrice tattoos and the extreme open mouth bearing teeth, distinguish this intense, sensitively composed figure.

Cf. Marilyn M. Goldstein, Ceremonial Sculpture of Ancient Veracruz, Brookville, New York, 1988, p. 53, fig. 46

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