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LOT 0445
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
PREHISPANIC NAYARIT SEATED FIGURE
100 B.C.-200 A.D.
4 3/4 in. (234 grams, 12.2 cm high).
100 B.C.-200 A.D.
4 3/4 in. (234 grams, 12.2 cm high).
A ceramic figure of a squatting male with the arms folded round the knees, mouth opened to form a spout and top of head open to form a socket, banded decoration to the body.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the 1990s. English private collection.
LITERATURE:
See Kan, M., Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, University of New Mexico Press, 1989, p.84, for an example of the type.
FOOTNOTES:
This seated figure appears to be speaking or in song. The flared cheeks may also represent ritual piercing of the mouth, a unique feature of the art of ancient West Mexico and displayed on some Nayarit sculptures.
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