Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A petite, stylized pottery female figure and a small painted bowl, both characteristic of the Chinesco tradition from ancient Nayarit. The figure is hand-modeled with exaggerated, rounded breasts, pierced ears, a simplified facial structure, and flat-bodied silhouette. Accompanying the figure is a small hemispherical bowl with a cream slip decorated in brown linear and crosshatched motifs on the exterior and a banded ring and dotted interior - classic elements of early West Mexican ceramic painting. A paper label on the base reads: "Nayarit Chinesco small bowl cream + brown Tolland Oct '74." A visually charming and culturally rich pairing from the vibrant shaft tomb tradition. Size of figure: 4.6" L x 2.3" W (11.7 cm x 5.8 cm); bowl: 3.25" Diameter x 2" H (8.3 cm x 5.1 cm)

Provenance: private Fort Collins, Colorado, USA collection, acquired via inheritance

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  • Condition: Loss to the ear, chip to top of the head, and surface weathering. Bowl is intact with some rubbing and fading to motifs. Nice manganese deposits.

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