Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio type, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figural sculpture of a female kneeling atop a pair of slender legs and conical feet. Her upright posture leans slightly forward as she holds both attenuated arms out to her sides, with her left balancing a shallow offering bowl on her palm. Dense brown stripes adorn much of her maroon body, and an elaborate ochre-hued necklace and belt embellish her feminine form. Her enlarged head bears impressed eyes, a prominent nose with a septum ring, a bulging brow, and an incised coiffure, all beneath a balanced jar with lobed walls. Size: 6.25" W x 8.875" H (15.9 cm x 22.5 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Leo and Blanche Manso collection, New York, New York, USA, before 2000

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#166788

Nicks to head, body, and limbs, with softening to some incised details, fading to pigment, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice remains of pigment. Nice manganese deposits throughout and lime deposits along verso. Old inventory label beneath body.