Chinesco Seated Female Figure, Type 'D'
Protoclassic, 100 B.C. to A.D. 250.
This Chinesco Type 'D' seated female figure from Nayarit, Mexico, holds her arms held to the sides of her waist, tapering legs outspread, and heart-shaped face with deeply lidded eyes and recessed mouth. The coiffure is an unslipped beige with an opening at the top of the head. She is adorned with red-painted ear ornaments and nose ring, and has overall burnished contrasting creamy beige-yellow and red slip decoration.
Dimensions: Height: 6.25 in.(15.8 cm.)
Provenance: From a Southern California collection formed in the 1960s.
Condition: This figure has some minor manganese oxide and other sporadic surface encrustations, and is in near-perfect condition.
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