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Height: 22 in (55.9 cm) — Nayarit Standing Female Figure, San Sebastian style, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250
Height: 22 in (55.9 cm)

Nayarit Standing Female Figure, San Sebastian style, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250

This Nayarit Standing Female Figure from the Protoclassic period (circa 100 BC - AD 250) exemplifies San Sebastian style ceramic sculpture. Standing 22 inches tall, the artifact represents pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artistic traditions.

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Auction House · Sotheby's

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Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

November 12, 2021

Estimate: $5,000 – $8,000

Lot 23

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Height: 22 in (55.9 cm), Nayarit Standing Female Figure, San Sebastian style, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250

This Nayarit Standing Female Figure from the Protoclassic period (circa 100 BC - AD 250) exemplifies San Sebastian style ceramic sculpture. Standing 22 inches tall, the artifact represents pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artistic traditions.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Ceremonial, Nayarit, Terracotta, Standing, Female Figure, Sculptural, Pre-Columbian, Ceramic, Ancient, Figurative