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THBHuge Nayarit Seated Nude Female
Lot 95a
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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, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A fabulous and quite massive clay sculpture of a seated female depicted nude with a long, rectangular torso, bulging, tubular legs, pointed breasts, and attenuated arms. The figure sits on a two-legged stool as she places her hands on her flat stomach, displaying carefully delineated fingers. Her sizable head features a round chin, a straight mouth, an enormous, curved nose, and slender eyes topped by an arched brow. Enveloped in a lustrous burnish and a vibrant hue of russet, the ancient female is shown nude, save several hooped earrings that adorn each of her ears and a headdress composed of raised undulating bands. Size: 9.75" W x 24.25" H (24.8 cm x 61.6 cm)
Clay figures like this one are the only remains that we have today of this sophisticated and unique culture in West Mexico. The Nayarit 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 posited that these dynamic sculptures of the living provided a strong contrast to the skeletal remains whose space they shared, and have suggested that they mediated between the living and the dead.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Roy Oswald collection, Arizona, USA, 1960 to 2004
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#161610Repaired from several pieces. Expected surface wear as shown with light char marks in areas. Otherwise, excellent with nice manganese blooms throughout.Condition
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