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NAYARIT

• *A Mexican Pre-Columbian Terracotta
  *A Mexican Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figure Nayarit the male figure depicted in a standing pose having remnants of polychrome decoration throughout. Height 10 1/2 inches.
• NAYARIT SEATED NUDE FEMALE,
  NAYARIT SEATED NUDE FEMALE, EX-BARAKATPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figure of a nude woman with conical legs seated upon a pair of posterior protrusions. The figure presents her upright posture while holding both arms to her abdomen and with polychrome pigment creating intricate linear motifs across her body. Her enlarged head features coffee bean eyes, a slender nose, ears adorned with several rings, and a massive forehead. Figures like this surrounded the deceased within the shaft tombs beneath most ancient West Mexican dwellings. Size: 6.5" W x 11.7" H (16.5 cm x 29.7 cm) Provenance: ex-Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, acquired prior to 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175215 Condition: Professional repair and restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and fading to pigment commensurate with age, with small nicks, and light earthen deposits. Nice remains of pigment throughout. Previous inventory label on verso.
• *A Mexican Pre-Columbian Terracotta
  *A Mexican Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figure Nayarit the figure wearing a double pointed hat and holding a long object depicted in a standing pose bearing remnants of polychrome decoration throughout together with a smaller seated figure. Height 9 1/4 inches.
• *A Mexican Pre-Columbian Terracotta
  *A Mexican Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figure Nayarit depicted in a standing pose with a vessel in his right hand and having remnants of polychrome geometric decoration throughout. Height 12 3/8 inches.
• A Nayarit Pottery Figure West
  A Nayarit Pottery Figure West Mexico, Circa 250 B.C.-250 A.D. Height 12 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Billie Ross, Chicago, Illinois
• Nayarit earthenware effigy
  Nayarit earthenware effigy vessel, rounded form with slit eyes and incised teeth, Western Mexico, 100 B.C.-300 A.D., 4-5/8 in. Large rim chips, base wear, cracks and surface losses. Private Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• A Nayarit Seated Terracotta
  A Nayarit Seated Terracotta Figure retaining partial polychrome decoration. Height 8 1/4 inches.
• NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME
  NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME FEMALE W/ BOWLSPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio type, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figural sculpture of a female kneeling atop a pair of slender legs and conical feet. Her upright posture leans slightly forward as she holds both attenuated arms out to her sides, with her left balancing a shallow offering bowl on her palm. Dense brown stripes adorn much of her maroon body, and an elaborate ochre-hued necklace and belt embellish her feminine form. Her enlarged head bears impressed eyes, a prominent nose with a septum ring, a bulging brow, and an incised coiffure, all beneath a balanced jar with lobed walls. Size: 6.25" W x 8.875" H (15.9 cm x 22.5 cm) Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Leo and Blanche Manso collection, New York, New York, USA, before 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #166788 Condition: Nicks to head, body, and limbs, with softening to some incised details, fading to pigment, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice remains of pigment. Nice manganese deposits throughout and lime deposits along verso. Old inventory label beneath body.
• *A Nayarit Style Pottery Figure
  *A Nayarit Style Pottery Figure depicted seated with hands at knees having remnants of polychrome decoration throughout. Height 11 inches.
• NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME
  NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME SEATED MALEPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A polychrome terracotta male figure, seated in a cross-legged position, holding a rattle, mirror, or fan-shaped object in his left hand, raising it up towards his mouth and appearing to kiss it, and holding a tubular object in the grasp of his right hand. Highly decorated, he wears an fancy headband, earrings, a nose ring, and multiple armbands - and his torso is painted with undulating lines of red, ochre, and black hues - probably intended to represent a textile tunic or body paint as his penis is revealed. He looks out with large almond-shaped eyes, ears adorned with ornaments, and a decorative band with plaited tendrils pulled back over his head. The level of detail is impressive, and all is executed in a style distinct to the Ixtlan del Rio variety of Nayarit figures. A beautiful example from the ancients of Western Mexico. Size: 5.125" L x 7.875" W x 11.75" H (13 cm x 20 cm x 29.8 cm) Provenance: ex-Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, acquired prior to 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #162047 Condition: Legs repaired and reattached. Right arm reattached. Head reattached but difficult to discern. Losses to nose, ears, headband, left nipple, pinky finger on left hand and other high-pointed areas. Expected surface wear commensurate with age, but nice surviving pigmentation. Scattered mineral deposits grace the surface as do wonderful root marks.
• Nayarit Terra Cotta Standing Female
  Nayarit Terra Cotta Standing Female Figure, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250, the red figure with a hooked nose, puckered mouth and painted ears, depicted with her hands on her waist, wearing a headdress, round earplugs, bracelets and a skirt, decorated with white paint on the bracelets and a white-painted multi-strand necklace and vertical striping on the skirt, h. 6-3/8", w. 3-3/4".
• A Nayarit Ceramic Figure of a
  A Nayarit Ceramic Figure of a Warrior wearing a hat and holding a weapon. Height 7 inches.
• NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME
  NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME SEATED FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A remarkable, hand-built pottery female depicted sitting cross-legged as she holds a petite vessel in her right hand and places her left hand on her chest. The ancient figure presents a large body with broad shoulders, attenuated limbs, pointed breasts, and a giant head. She gazes forward from wide, almond-shaped eyes above a prominent curved nose with a septum ring and an open mouth with gritted teeth, suggesting that she is currently in a drug-induced state and may be a shamanic figure. A pair of sizeable ears flanks her expressive visage, each fit with an annular earspool, while a thick headband sits just above her arching brows. Her body is elaborately adorned in yellow, red, and black pigments, which form a loincloth embellished by a steppe motif pattern, large arches of body paint across her chest, a beaded necklace, and spiraling designs of face paint. Size: 5.2" L x 7.2" W x 11" H (13.2 cm x 18.3 cm x 27.9 cm) West Mexican shaft tomb figures like this one derive their names from the central architectural feature that we know of from this culture. These people would build generally rectangular vertical shafts down from the ground level down to narrow horizontal tunnels that led to one or more vaulted or rounded burial chambers. The geomorphology in the area means that these chambers are dug out of tepetate, a type of volcanic tuff material, which give the chambers a rough-edged look. Although the dimensions of the chambers vary considerably - some only large enough to hold a single burial and its offerings, others seem designed to hold entire lineages - the placement of burial goods like this hollow figure was very similar. Grouped with other hollow figures, and alongside clay bowls, and boxes, they were positioned around the body (or bodies), near the skull. Unfortunately, we lack the information we would need to understand what these figures were made for - do they represent everyday people, even individuals? Are they religious? Were they created to mediate between the living and the dead? Whatever their purpose, today they are beautiful artwork and reminders of the mysterious past. Provenance: ex-Lexington, Kentucky, USA collection; ex-Jennifer Trott collection, acquired via inheritance from a collection amassed in the 1970s to 1980s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #168324 Condition: Repair to proper left knee and thigh with restoration over break line. Resurfacing in areas. Expected nicks and abrasions, commensurate with age. Slightly unevenness to base creating gentle wobble to figure. Otherwise, excellent with impressive remaining pigments.
• NAYARIT PAINTED EARTHENWARE FIGURAL
  NAYARIT PAINTED EARTHENWARE FIGURAL VESSEL Southwestern Coast of Mexico, 200 B.C. - 300 A.D.; Modeled as a seated man, right hand held to mouth, possibly smoking; red earthenware with faint black decoration, 13 1/2 in. H.
• Nayarit Standing Drummer Figure,
  Nayarit Standing Drummer Figure, ca. 300 B.C.-200 A.D., depicted with a flattened torso with the arms outreaching to the rim of a drum, wearing a hat with stripped rim, notched earrings, nose ring, and bracelets, with traces of white slip on the head, hat and stripes, the drum and the figure's belt and trousers, h. 8".
• Nayarit Terra Cotta Standing Female
  Nayarit Terra Cotta Standing Female Figure, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250, depicted with the arms at the sides, wearing a hat, ear decorations, nose plug, armlets, skirt and necklace, the front of the figure eroded, the back of the figure showing traces of red and white painted decoration on the skirt, h. 9-1/4", w. 4-1/2".
• JALISCO POTTERY JAR + NAYARIT
  JALISCO POTTERY JAR + NAYARIT POTTERY FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco and Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A pair of hand-built pottery artifacts from ancient West Mexico. First is a Jalisco piriform jar with a flared foot surrounding an open bottom, a spherical body adorned with a register of connected diamonds, and vertical frets surrounding the neck. Next is a Nayarit standing female figure who presents nude while holding both arms to her waist. Her elongated head features slit-form eyes and mouth, a bulbous nose, and a tall forehead surmounted by a centrally parted coiffure, all covered in red and red-orange pigment. Size (Nayarit figure): 3.125" W x 8.1" H (7.9 cm x 20.6 cm); 8.3" H (21.1 cm) on included custom stand; (Jalisco jar): 3.1" W x 6.2" H (7.9 cm x 15.7 cm) Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #169628 Condition: Figure has head reattached along neckline, with restoration to proper right ear and arm, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material and break lines. Neck of vessel reattached to top of lower body, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Both pieces have minor abrasions and fading to pigment in scattered areas, with extensive encrustations within vessel body. Nice preservation to overall forms.
• Nayarit Terra Cotta Standing
  Nayarit Terra Cotta Standing Figure, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250, the figure with large hook nose and short arms at the sides, wearing a hat and shirt, with traces of tan paint on the hat, eyes, mouth, necklace, lower arms and skirt, and traces of red paint on the front of the figure and the skirt, h. 6-1/8", w. 4".
• *A Nayarit Style Pottery Figure the
  *A Nayarit Style Pottery Figure the female figure depicted seated with multiple earrings and a child at her breast. Height 11 1/2 inches.
• NAYARIT POLYCHROME SEATED FIGURES
  NAYARIT POLYCHROME SEATED FIGURES MALE + FEMALEPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fabulous pair of pottery figures, a male musician and a female - perhaps a shaman or priestess - both bare-chested and gazing forward with crazed eyes and gritted teeth, suggesting they are under the influence of a sacred hallucinogen. The musician plays an intriguing idiophone comprised of a shell rubbed along a grated board resembling a lizard, while the female grasps a cup and ceremonial axe. Both are dressed elaborately with huge nose piercings, twisted diadems, and layered earrings, indicating they belong to an elevated social class. Hypnotic designs of tattoos or body paint envelop their bodies, evoking thoughts of the mesmerizing melodies the musician is playing and accentuating the psychedelic nature of each piece, as if they have brought the viewer visually along on their spiritual journey. Size of larger (male): 8.9" W x 12" H (22.6 cm x 30.5 cm) West Mexican shaft tomb figures like this one derive their names from the central architectural feature that we know of from this culture. These people would build generally rectangular vertical shafts down from the ground level down to narrow horizontal tunnels that led to one or more vaulted or rounded burial chambers. The geomorphology in the area means that these chambers are dug out of tepetate, a type of volcanic tuff material, which give the chambers a rough-edged look. Although the dimensions of the chambers vary considerably - some only large enough to hold a single burial and its offerings, others seem designed to hold entire lineages - the placement of burial goods like these hollow figures was very similar. Grouped with other hollow figures, and alongside clay bowls, and boxes, they were positioned around the body (or bodies), near the skull. Unfortunately, we lack the information we would need to understand what these figures were made for - do they represent everyday people, even individuals? Are they religious? Were they created to mediate between the living and the dead? Whatever their purpose, today they are beautiful artwork and reminders of the mysterious past. Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #174947 Condition: Female has losses to toes and chip to left ear, and male has losses to tops of ears. Both have expected surface wear as shown but are otherwise in excellent condition and mostly intact with nice remaining pigments and great manganese deposits.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY
  PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY FIGUREPre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Guardian or Warrior Figure , h. 7 in Provenance: Ben H. Ward, Houston Texas, April 1, 1990.
• Nayarit Terra Cotta Seated Female
  Nayarit Terra Cotta Seated Female Figure, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250, the figure depicted with open mouth and holding a bowl, wearing a hat, earplugs, a nose ring and skirt, with polychrome decoration on the body, eyes, earplugs and skirt and white-painted multi-strand necklace, the broken lower portion of the skirt and legs re-attached to the figure, h. 9-3/4", w. 5-1/2".
• HUGE NAYARIT SEATED NUDE
  HUGE NAYARIT SEATED NUDE FEMALEPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A fabulous and quite massive clay sculpture of a seated female depicted nude with a long, rectangular torso, bulging, tubular legs, pointed breasts, and attenuated arms. The figure sits on a two-legged stool as she places her hands on her flat stomach, displaying carefully delineated fingers. Her sizable head features a round chin, a straight mouth, an enormous, curved nose, and slender eyes topped by an arched brow. Enveloped in a lustrous burnish and a vibrant hue of russet, the ancient female is shown nude, save several hooped earrings that adorn each of her ears and a headdress composed of raised undulating bands. Size: 9.75" W x 24.25" H (24.8 cm x 61.6 cm) Clay figures like this one are the only remains that we have today of this sophisticated and unique culture in West Mexico. The Nayarit made no above-ground monuments or sculptures, at least that we know of, which is in strong contrast to developments elsewhere in ancient Mesoamerica. Instead, their tombs were their lasting works of art: skeletons arrayed radially with their feet positioned inward, and clay offerings, like this one, placed alongside the walls facing inward, near the skulls. A large effigy like this one would most likely have flanked the entrance to a tomb in a way that archaeologists have interpreted as guarding. Some scholars have posited that these dynamic sculptures of the living provided a strong contrast to the skeletal remains whose space they shared, and have suggested that they mediated between the living and the dead. Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Roy Oswald collection, Arizona, USA, 1960 to 2004 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #161610 Condition: Repaired from several pieces. Expected surface wear as shown with light char marks in areas. Otherwise, excellent with nice manganese blooms throughout.
• A Nayarit Terracotta Figure
  A Nayarit Terracotta Figure depicting a seated male warrior with a helmet and club retaining the original polychrome decoration. Height 11 1/2 inches.
• NAYARIT POTTERY SEATED FEMALE
  NAYARIT POTTERY SEATED FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery figure of a woman who sits in a dramatic forward-leaning pose while holding both arms to her waist. Decorated in hues of red and orange, the stylized figure features globular breasts beneath rounded shoulders as well as a pair of 'legs' protruding from her posterior that stabilize her otherwise off-kilter pose. Her elongated head features coffee bean-shaped eyes, a triangular nose adorned with a septum ring, and perforated ears, all beneath a tall brow and a minimalist headband. A large vent hole atop the head aided with the firing process of the figure. Size: 4.5" W x 9.1" H (11.4 cm x 23.1 cm) Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, before 2000; ex-Heritage Auctions All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. b>PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship b>PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #169318 Condition: Head reattached along neckline with restoration along neckline, with extensive resurfacing and overpainting to face, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions and overpainting in some areas, with light encrustations, a few small spalls and fissures, and softening to some finer details particularly on face. Great earthen deposits and remains of pigment throughout.
• Pre-Columbian. Seated Nayarit
  Pre-Columbian. Seated Nayarit figure. earthenware with applied pigment. 14 h × 6 w × 5 d in. result: $910. estimate: $1,000–1,500. Provenance: Private Estate, Maryland
• A Nayarit Terracotta Figure
  A Nayarit Terracotta Figure depicting a seated male warrior with a helmet and club retaining the original polychrome decoration. Height 12 inches.
• A Pair of Pre-Columbian Figures
  A Pair of Pre-Columbian Figures Nayarit depicting standing figures with headdresses retaining some of the original paint. Height 6 3/4 inches.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY
  PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY FIGURE OF A WOMAN Southwestern Mexico, circa 200 B.C. - 300 A.D.; a kneeling woman wearing a tunic and tall cap, holding a jar on her left shoulder, 11 3/4 in. H.
• *A Pair of Mexican Pre-Columbian
  *A Pair of Mexican Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figures Nayarit each seated figure with headbands and having one arm raised bearing remnants of polychrome decoration throughout. Height of taller 7 1/2 inches.
• A Pre-Columbian Pottery Couple
  A Pre-Columbian Pottery Couple Nayarit the seated male carrying an instrument in his right raised hand; the seated female with a bowl height 10 7/8 in. and 10 1/2 in. respectively. (2 pcs.) Provenance: Estate Collection San Antonio TX acquired during family visits to Latin America 1950s.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY VESSELS,
  PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY VESSELS, JALISCO COLIMA NAYARITPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, Colima, & Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A collection of 4 hand-built pottery bowls and jars made by ancient west Mexican cultures. Pottery was a crucial part of Mesoamerica - used for cooking and storage, forms were both utilitarian and ritualistic. Most west Mexican cultures practiced shaft tomb burials that contained not only the remains of the deceased but pottery vessels and figurines to accompany the owner to the afterlife- the vessels may have held food, drink, or possessions. This group is nearly perfectly preserved, possibly due to their intentional interment! Size: 6" Diameter x 4" H (15.2 cm x 10.2 cm) Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175036 Condition: Minor nicks and chips, otherwise all are intact without repairs or restoration. Remains of vegetal matter inside red jar. Nice manganese blooms throughout and root marks.
• MEXICO, NAYARIT PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE
  MEXICO, NAYARIT PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE GOURD VESSEL Red speckled clay, ribbed shoulder below wide mouth, old collection inventory number on underside.
• NAYARIT REDWARE ANTHROPOMORPHIC
  NAYARIT REDWARE ANTHROPOMORPHIC OLLA, EX-JOHN HUSTONPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful redware olla vessel with a ribbed, round form that also acts as the body of an anthropomorphic figure. The squat vessel rests on a small round concave foot and the carinated walls are dimpled with small, raised nodules and arms molded in relief resting at right angles upon the vessel's broad shoulder. Next to each arm are taller nodes, which may represent the figure's breasts, and below the neck are several concentric beige bands painted onto the orange-red slipped surface as necklaces. The woman's head arises from the center forming the neck and spout opening in the top of her headdress. She faces forward with a trance like visage comprised of impressed coffee bean shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and parted lips, wearing a septum nose ring, large ear ornaments, and a coiled, turban like headdress. Good remains of the beige-tan, red and black pigments on her face create bands of tattoos over her nose eyes and top of nose, chin, and cheeks. Size: 7.5" Diameter x 6" H (19 cm x 15.2 cm) For a similar example please see the Art Institute of Chicago's website, reference number: 1991.492. Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-John Huston collection, St. Clerans, Ireland, and California, USA, acquired during the 1940s - 1970s; ex-Andy and Deborah Williams collection, California, USA, acquired from the above on June 25, 1985 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #170831 Condition: Minor surface abrasions and small chip/loss to upper headdress band on front, otherwise intact and choice! Some fading to pigments, but good remains throughout and manganese deposits.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE
  PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE Nayarit Culture, Western Mexico, in the San Sebastian style. Figure of a Seated Warrior with hands on hips, Shaft Tomb Culture 250 BC-250 AD. Terracotta with white and black geometric decoration. 4 3/4" tall. Very good condition, encrusted.
• *A Group of Three Mexican
  *A Group of Three Mexican Pre-Columbian Terracotta Figures Nayarit one depicting a standing example holding an object in his left hand the other a seated example eating and having an object in his right hand and the third in a kneeling position each with allover red glaze. Height of taller 15 1/2 inches.