Valdivia Stone Figure Circa 2300 - 2000 BC

Alvaro Guillot Muñoz, acquired between 1935-1950
Thence by descent
Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 2000, lot 44, consigned by the above
American Private Collection, acquired at the above auction

Clean break and repair with line visible across body of figure, as shown. The top proper left corner of head has small break and repair.
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The earliest known ceramic and stone figures from the New World are from the Ecuadorian coastal region, and date to the 4^th century BC. The later and larger stone figures, such as this example, are carved as abstract representations of birds, figures, and plaques of geometric design.

For a similar figure see Sotheby's, New York, May 12, 2005, lot 215; and the figures from the Barbier-Mueller collection, Sotheby's, Paris, March 22-23, 2013, lots 269 and 270.