Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hollow, redware pottery female figure seated upon ample thighs and covered in pale-orange slip. She has a flat chest, rounded shoulders, and sinuous arms which curve toward her wide hips. The serene visage - consisting of raised eyes, a prominent nose with a lateral piercing, ring-adorned ears, and an impressed mouth - is centered within a ground of vertical red-and-black stripes and pales in size compared to the characteristically elongated head on which it is presented. Chinesco style figural sculptures like this example have been found primarily in shaft tombs. The term 'Chinesco' was coined to capture the subtle Asian phenotype of such pieces. The high cheekbones and slit-form eyes visible in this example are hallmarks of Chinesco figures. Size: 9.625" W x 10.3" H (24.4 cm x 26.2 cm).

Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s

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#142950

  • Condition: Small chips to both feet, body, arms, and head, with fading to original pigmentation, minor abrasions, and light encrustations. Light mineral deposits, nice earthen deposits, and great craquelure to pigment throughout.

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