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THBLarge Nayarit San Sebastian Pottery Female Figure
Lot 213
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, San Sebastian Red type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A finely constructed pottery female figure of a sizable form who stands upon thick, delineated legs and dramatically arched feet. Highly burnished and decorated in vibrant red-orange pigment, the woman presents nude with faint remains of intricate curvilinear and stippled negative-resist motifs in dark pigment across her legs and back. She dons pairs of bangles around her elbows as well as raised scarification nodules on her shoulders, and both arms are held to her abdomen beneath her globular breasts. Her elongated head exhibits recessed eyes and mouth, an upturned nose with nostrils, tall ears accented with sets of earrings, and a concentric headband lining her coarsely textured coiffure. A wonderful example of ancient Nayarit figural artistry! Size: 7.75" W x 17.9" H (19.7 cm x 45.5 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.
Cf. The Gilcrease Museum, accession number 54.8181
This piece has been searched against the Art Loss Register database and has been cleared. The Art Loss Register maintains the world's largest database of stolen art, collectibles, and antiques.
Provenance: private New York, USA collection; ex-Sotheby's "Arcade Furniture & Decorations" auction (2007, lot 83)
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#165217Repairs to head at neckline, proper right leg at thigh, toes and front of proper left foot, and small areas of necklace, with chipping and light adhesive residue along break lines. Chips and abrasions across several areas, with fading to pigment and negative resist motifs, and encrustations and a few small spalls. Faint remains of negative resist motifs present on legs and back, but good preservation to overall form.Condition
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