A San Jeronimo reddish-brown solid terracotta pottery standing figure, wearing a high headdress with simple incised linear decoration, disc ear ornaments, triple strand segmented necklace and a knee length skirt, belted at the waist. Supplied with a custom-made lucite base.
 
Pre-Columbian PreClassic Mexico Guerrero: Circa 500-200 BC.
 
Complete and intact, with overall scattered surface deposits.
Height 15 cms (5.9 ins)
 
Provenance: Estate of Alphonse Jax, NYC. To family by descent, 1960's - 1990's.
 
San Jeronimo terracottas, probably named after the type-site area around modern San Jeronimo, Guerrero, are a group of small figurines and ceramic sculptures attributed to the Preclassic (Formative) period of Guerrero, generally around 500-200 BC. They are part of the early village cultures in western and central Mexico that show strong local styles before the emergence of the Olmec and later highland civilizations like Teotihuacan.