Pre - Columbian NAYARIT CHINESCA FIGURE EX SOTHEBY ' S ' 78
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:64801 | Material: terracotta |
Here is a solid ceramic standing femalefigure carefully modeled with a heart-shaped face,
nubile breasts, diminutivearms, bulbous legs and painted with cream details over a lustrous,
deep-redburnished slip. She is adorned with ear ornaments, arm bracelets, a paintedbeaded
belt and short apron decorated with traces of a complex symmetricaldesign.
5.5” (14 cm) high, 21/8“ (5 cm) wide and 1 1/8” (2.4 cm) deep;
without repairs or restoration, this highly de...sirable desirable figure is in
excellent condition.
Chinesco/Chinesca figures are classified into four broad "A"through "D" stylistic categories;
this outstanding, museum-gradeexample is a rare and especially desirable standing variant of the heart-faceshaped “C” type figures, which are nearly always modeled in a seated orreclining position.CHINESCATYPE "C" FIGURE
NAYARIT, MEXICO
ProtoclassicPeriod
200 B.C.E - 300 C.E.
Comparables:
Hasso von Winning, "The Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico", Southwest Museum, 1974, p. 176, fig. 327;
Jacki Gallagher, "Companionsof the Dead; Ceramic Tomb Sculpture from Ancient West Mexico", UCLA, 1983, p. 122, fig. 158;
www.vilcek.org/collections/pre-columbian/category/mexico/chinesco-nayarit-maternity-figure.html
Provenance: Acquired by the seller in 1978 at the Sotheby Parke-BernetGalleries in New York City.
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The authenticity of this artifact is fully guaranteed by the seller, a longtimeSenior Member of the American Society of Appraisers (retired), certified pre-Columbian Art Specialist
Your figure will be carefully packed, insured and promptly shipped with asigned and registered
Certificate of Authenticity that includes a description, photo, dimension, cultural provenance and chronology. If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, thisartwork may be returned as shipped within thirty days of purchase for apurchase price refund minus 10%re-stocking fee for return of item in original condition and shipping materials; buyer pays return shipping and insurance.
Wood block is a display prop only; not included.
Thisseller has been a conscientious collector and dedicated scholar of New Worldantiquities for over a half-century.
He has complied with UNESCO, federal/locallegislation and never consciously acquired, traded in or sold illicitlyrecovered antiquities. CAVEAT EMPTOR: The prospective buyer is advised to acquire New World antiquities ONLY from recognized Pre-Columbian Art specialists
and pay a legitimate price for authentic antiquities with legal provenance and bonafide guarantees of authenticity. Keep in mind that a “Certificate of Authenticity” is only as valid as the issuer’s credentials and expertise. Unrealistically low prices for forgeries, reproductions, illegal or mis-attributed artifacts offered by uninformed or venal vendors are ultimately neither true "bargains" nor prudent fiscal investments.
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