NAYARIT WOMAN CULTURAL SEAT, CHINESCO TYPE,... - Lot 266 - Giquello

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NAYARIT WOMAN CULTURAL SEAT, CHINESCO TYPE,... - Lot 266 - Giquello
NAYARIT WOMAN CULTURAL SEAT, CHINESCO TYPE, MEXICO PROTOCOL CLASSICAL, 100 B.C. - 250 AD Brown terracotta with creamy white slip, brick-red and black ornamental paint H. 15 cm Spectacular anthropomorphic statuette representing a seated woman dressed in a simple black rectangular form, legs spread apart, each forming a cone; the torso of the statuette is painted with a triangular pattern underlined with a black line. The torso of the statuette is painted in a triangular pattern with black underlining. The skull is imposing and ritually deformed backwards, showing a large face with an aquiline nose supporting a nariguera. The right side of the face is made up with three bands of brick-red paint; on the sides, small short ears in strong relief. (Visible splinters, surface wear, small restoration on the left leg). Provenance: Private collection, Paris, 1980-1990.
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