Seated dwarf vessel, Colima, West Mexico. Earthenware, slip, 11" (28 cm) high. 100 bc - 250 ad. a reddish-brown painted earthenware seated dwarf with out-turned legs and bulging muscular arms. He wears a head ornament, has pierced ears and a flaring spout. Substantially restored. Ex. private collection, Iowa, ex. Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art, New York, May 14, 1991, Lot 152.