Tomkins Collection

Figure, Pretty lady with double face

TC 678
Provenance: Collection of Hilda Tijou, California, acquired 1960s and prior, by descent to her granddaughter Arte Primitivo, New York, September 29, 2014: lot 139773
Dimensions: H. 10 cm
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Exceptional solid pottery double face, nude pretty lady standing figure, D-1 type. Depicted with arms at her sides and wide bulbous hips. Wearing beaded hair band and having a textured hairdo with two long tails down her chest to her waist. Painted red hairdo and a cream ground. Scattered mineral deposits on the surface.

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