Figure. Maya, ca.650-900 AD.

Figure. Maya, ca.650-900 AD.
Terracotta.
Provenance: -Private collection Donald Wonder (1938-2023), California, USA. Purchased at various auction houses between 1992-1999, including: -Peter Sinclair, New York, August 5, 1992 -Mark Clark, California, July 21, 1993 -Mark Clark, California, July 9, 1999.
Good condition.
Measurements: 10,4 cm height.

Terracotta figure of compact character representing a seated character or wrapped in cloak, with marked facial features and introspective expression. The ornamental elements stand out, like the big circular earrings and the necklace of beads, indicative of status or identity within the Mayan context.

The modeling is sober and volumetric, with emphasis on frontality and simplification of forms, characteristic features of this type of production linked to ritual or funerary environments.