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JALISCO MOTHER AND CHILD<br />

EL ARENAL<br />

PROTOCLASSIC, Ca. 100 B. C.-A. D. 250<br />

Legs crossed and carefully cradling her nursing<br />

infant to her left breast, with high cheekbones,<br />

heavy-lidded eyes and lips parted as if in<br />

speech, wearing a skirt, jewelry and closelyfi<br />

tted cap, painted in deep reddish brown with<br />

decorative details in black and white.<br />

Height 19.4 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Jean Roudillon Auction, Paris, June 24, 1974,<br />

lot 110<br />

Belgian Collection since the 1970s<br />

Cf. Shaft Tomb Figures, fi g. 151<br />

€ 4 000 – 6 000

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