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Large Nayarit Seated Female Figure — Large Nayarit Seated Female Figure
Large Nayarit Seated Female Figure

Large Nayarit Seated Female Figure

This Pre-Columbian ceramic figure from the Nayarit culture of ancient Mexico depicts a seated female form characterized by a robust, naturalistic body rendered in terracotta clay. The figure displays the distinctive stylistic features common to Nayarit sculpture, including simplified facial features, an emphasis on volumetric form, and often a serene, contemplative expression. Created sometime between 100 BCE and 250 CE, such figures likely held ceremonial or ritualistic significance within Nayarit society, though their precise function remains subject to scholarly interpretation.

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Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

October 11, 2024

Estimate: $25,000$35,000

Lot 44

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Large Nayarit Seated Female Figure, Large Nayarit Seated Female Figure

This Pre-Columbian ceramic figure from the Nayarit culture of ancient Mexico depicts a seated female form characterized by a robust, naturalistic body rendered in terracotta clay. The figure displays the distinctive stylistic features common to Nayarit sculpture, including simplified facial features, an emphasis on volumetric form, and often a serene, contemplative expression. Created sometime between 100 BCE and 250 CE, such figures likely held ceremonial or ritualistic significance within Nayarit society, though their precise function remains subject to scholarly interpretation.

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Ancient Mesoamerica, Ceramic Sculpture, Mexican Artist, Female Figure, Monumental Form, Spiritual Aesthetic, Earthenware, Pre-Columbian, Nayarit Culture, Seated Pose