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Nayarit San Sebastian Pottery Seated Figure
Nayarit San Sebastian Pottery Seated Figure
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**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic, San Sebastian style, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A lovely hollow-cast seated male figure with bent legs, a wide body, arms with stylized fingers resting on knees, an abstract phallus, and red painted details over cream slip. The figure, likely an abstracted votive object, also has a large head with a painted pectoral, a prominent aquiline nose, incised coffee-bean-shaped eyes, protruding ears, and a large flared headband. Size: 4.5" L x 5" W x 7.5" H (11.4 cm x 12.7 cm x 19 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-William Leazer and William Swann collection, Dallas, Texas, USA

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#124628
Condition
Surface wear commensurate with age, minor losses to nose and ears, phallus reattached, with great mineral and earthen deposits throughout.
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Nayarit San Sebastian Pottery Seated Figure

Estimate $500 - $700
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Starting Price $250
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