Jalisco male seated figure holding a large flared bowl

 

B-209 A JALISCO SEATED MALE SHAMAN HOLDING A FLARED BOWL

 

A Jalisco male seated figure holding a large flared bowl surrounded by pointed rim enhancements, balanced on the right knee with both hands. He is nude with his head turned to the left, with an object, perhaps peyote protruding from his mouth- such is the way of the shaman. He wears multi-faceted earrings. Buff clay, with some remains of red paint.

$2500

 

ORIGIN

Unknown Jalisco artist, Etzatlan Style, West Mexico Culture, Protoclassic, circa 100 B.C. to A.D. 250.

DIMENSION

H 14.5IN
H 36.83CM

PROVENANCE

1) Ex-Sidney Newman Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Beverly Hills, California. Co-author of The Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico, with Hasso von Winning, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, 1974. 2) The Brisacher Family Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Costa Mesa, California.

CONDITION

Good, with possible old minor repairs.

 

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