Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure standing nude atop tall, delineated legs and petite feet. Decorated with red and tan slip, the woman presents with both arms out to her sides, globular breasts protruding from just inside rounded shoulders, and a lightly distended abdomen hanging over her red-painted waistband. Her elongated head exhibits a pair of coffee-bean-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, a red-slipped mouth, and petite earspools, all beneath a massive forehead topped with a simple cap. Size: 3.4" W x 7.9" H (8.6 cm x 20.1 cm); 8.3" H (21.1 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Friedman collection, New York City, New York, USA, acquired in the 1960s

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#171608

  • Condition: Repair and restoration in several areas, with resurfacing and overpainting. Abrasions and encrustations commensurate with age, with light fading to slip pigment. Nice preservation to overall form.

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