Veracruz El Tajin Earthenware Seated Figure with Headdress

Item Details

Classic Veracruz (El Tajin/Veracruz, Pre-Columbian Mexico)
Figure with headdress, 300 – 450 C.E.
Hand-built earthenware with traces of orange pigment to face and hands; face made in a press mold

Provenance:
From the collection of artists Lenore and Robert Szesko (Chicago, Illinois).

Condition

- crack through neck where head has been reattached; chips to the edges of the headdress; overall surface wear and abrasions.

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Item #

ITMG880221