Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic, San Sebastian style, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A fine pair of pottery male figures, each shown seated with legs spread, knees bent, and feet together. Enveloped in red and beige slip, the nude figures both hunch forward displaying flattened, square bodies, broad shoulders, attenuated limbs, and delineated genitalia. Their sizeable heads exhibit stylized faces with slit-form eyes, giant, projecting noses, prominent ears, and petite mouths. The larger figure wears a headband and places his hands on his knees, while the other crosses his arms and slightly parts his lips as though chanting. Size of largest: 4.1" W x 7.4" H (10.4 cm x 18.8 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; larger: ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA, October 30th, 2017, lot 139; ex-private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-William Leazer and William Swann collection, Dallas, Texas, USA

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#172461

  • Condition: Larger has both legs, left arm, and phallus reattached, as well as chipping to nose and ears. Other has repair and restoration to nose, limbs, and ears. Both have light surface wear, as expected with age. Otherwise, both are nice with impressive remaining pigments and great mineral and earthen deposits.

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