Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE; Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine gathering of 7 hand-built pottery miniature figures from three distinct ancient West Mexican cultures. First is a standing Jalisco pottery whistle figure with attenuated limbs, a portly abdomen, and an elongated head with a thick brow band. Next is a pair of Nayarit flat figures with coffee-bean-shaped eyes, trapezoidal heads, and accents of red pigment. Finally, the 4 petite Chupicuaro figures display 3 in seated poses and one standing figure embellished with fugitive red pigment. Size of largest (Nayarit flat figure): 1.5" W x 3.3" H (3.8 cm x 8.4 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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  • Condition: Larger Nayarit figure has repair to proper right leg, Jalisco figure has head reattached at neck line, and one seated Chupicuaro figure has losses to both legs below knees; remaining figures are intact and very good. All pieces have light encrustations and fading to pigmentation where applicable. Nice preservation to overall forms.

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