Nayarit Pottery Standing Female Figure
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure standing atop delineated legs and dramatically arched feet. The woman presents nude with both arms held to her abdomen beneath perky breasts and wears shoulder pads, forearm cuffs, a 'beaded' necklace, and multiple rings in her septum and each ear. Her head bears slit-form eyes, tall ears, a bulbous nose, and a petite mouth, all beneath a conical cap and decorated with speckled red pigment. Size: 5.8" W x 10.4" H (14.7 cm x 26.4 cm)
Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection; ex-Leonard Auction, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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#170634
Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection; ex-Leonard Auction, Chicago, Illinois, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#170634
Condition
Possible restoration to lower body below waist. Extensive but stable fissures on verso possibly as a result of a house fire, with nicks and abrasions to legs, body, arms, and head, and light fading to pigment. Nice preservation to overall form.
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Nayarit Pottery Standing Female Figure
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