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Ameca-Ezatlán Style Jalisco Terracotta Sculpture of a Seated Hunchback - PF.0390,Origin: Jalisco, Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions: 7" (17.8cm) high,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Ameca-Ezatlán,Medium: Terracotta. This figure, covered with a richly burnished orange slip, is a hollow vessel designed to hold an offering. There is a strange beauty to this piece, as if the artist had given a practical function through eternity to what in life was a useless deformity. The vision of the sculptor does not blink--he treats the hunchback with compassion but not with pity.
Antiquities
Ancient Central America & Mexico
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