Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit & Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A group of three ceramic figures. The hollow, rounded figure, is a nude male Chancay example with a rounded form and vertical striations. The seated redware figure is a Nayarit type with crossed arms and a deep red, burnished surface. The third piece is a seated figure with an opening at the top of the head, showing mottled surface coloration and compact proportions. Size: 4" W x 6" H (10.2 cm x 15.2 cm)

Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; female figure: ex-Joshua Kodner, Dania Beach, Florida, USA; lightest figure: ex-Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Los Angeles, California, USA

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  • Condition: Heavy manganese deposits on the surfaces of the West Mexican figures. Largest figure is repaired with head reattached. Chips to headdress on redware figure.

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