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THBHuge Nayarit Pottery Seated Nude Warrior Figure
Lot 88
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A magnificent pottery warrior figure of massive scale depicted nude and seated as he wields a bat in one hand and a ball in the other. Gazing forward with eyes wide, nostrils flared, and mouth agape, the figure presents a long, straight torso, a bulbous posterior, broad shoulders, and a delineated phallus and nipples. Several hooped earrings adorn each ear as an incised coiffure crowns the elongated head. This figure was likely intended to guard a tomb, hence the weapons he holds in each hand. Size: 8.7" L x 9" W x 26.6" H (22.1 cm x 22.9 cm x 67.6 cm)
Ceramic figures like this one are the only remains that we have today of a sophisticated and unique culture in West Mexico. They made no above-ground monuments or sculptures, at least that we know of, which is in strong contrast to developments elsewhere in ancient Mesoamerica. Instead, their tombs were their lasting works of art: skeletons arrayed radially with their feet positioned inward, and clay offerings, like this one, placed alongside the walls facing inward, near the skulls. A large effigy like this one would most likely have flanked the entrance to a tomb in a way that archaeologists have interpreted as guarding. Some scholars have connected these dynamic sculptures of the living as a strong contrast to the skeletal remains whose space they shared, as if they mediated between the living and the dead.
Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-private Fayetteville, Arkansas estate, USA, acquired 1960 to 2024
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#186528Professionally repaired with restoration, resurfacing, and overpainting on break lines. Chipping to phallus and some surface wear with abrasions as shown, but otherwise impressive presentation with rich manganese deposits throughout.Condition
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