366 - Seated Man. Quimbaya, ca. 1000–1500 CE. H 30 cm, W 23 cm. Clay with a reddish glaze and traces of black paint. Figure of a seated, nude man with his legs bent. The rectangular head has six perforations at the top; the chest is also pierced at the nipples. The eyes and mouth are slit-shaped; on his arms and legs, he wears several bracelets engraved with dot and line patterns. See the comparable piece at Sotheby’s Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, May 10–23, 2023, Lot 46. Intact. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of R.K., North Rhine-Westphalia, acquired in November 1990 from Spencer Throckmorton.

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