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Rare / Huge Nazca Polychrome Sitting Venus Figure

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Rare / Huge Nazca Polychrome Sitting Venus Figure

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Description

**Originally Listed At $2000**

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A stunning ceramic female Venus figure of an exceedingly rare size. The nude figure presents seated upon slender legs with delineated genitalia in-between, a rotund abdomen perhaps indicative of pregnancy, petite breasts, sinuous arms draped from prominent shoulders, and a wide neck. The elongated head exhibits an enormous nose, black eyes with white-painted sclera, a narrow chin beneath a painted mouth, and protruding ovoid ears under the pinched forehead and black coiffure. High burnishing marks provide a textured canvas for the orange-slipped ground, and traces of black, white, red, and yellow pigment add an attractive aesthetic. An extremely rare example of Nazca figurative artistry! Size: 7.3" W x 13.1" H (18.5 cm x 33.3 cm); 14" H (35.6 cm) on included custom stand.

A stylistically-similar example of a standing male figure hammered for EUR 11,162 ($12,435.97) at Christie's, Paris "Art Africain, Oceanien et Precolombien" auction (sale 5094, December 8, 2004, lot 340): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/statuette-nazca-env-300-600-apres-jc-4402593-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4402593&sid=af1d645e-b0ca-4818-abf6-dc7d2b8ab98a

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany

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Condition

Professionally repaired and restored from multiple pieces, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions to limbs, body, and head, with softening to some finer details, fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Light earthen deposits and great traces of original pigment throughout.

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Rare / Huge Nazca Polychrome Sitting Venus Figure

Name: Rare / Huge Nazca Polychrome Sitting Venus Figure
Brand: Venus
SKU: 112338501
Price: 1000 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $1,500 - $2,250

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