A few examples of appraisal values for
NAYARIT POTTERY

• 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 Style Pottery Figure
  *A Nayarit Style Pottery Figure depicted seated with hands at knees having remnants of polychrome decoration throughout. Height 11 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
• 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.
• 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.
• *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.
• 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.
• 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.
• NAYARIT POTTERY BOWLS - INCISED &
  NAYARIT POTTERY BOWLS - INCISED & POLYCHROMEPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely pair of pottery bowls, each with a round yet stable base, a bulbous body, and a circular rim that curves gently inwards. The larger of the 2 displays a wider mouth and a taupe-hued body incised with an intricate design of horizontal, vertical, and zigzag striations. Conversely, the smaller vessel has a narrower mouth that curves much further inward and is flanked by a pair of petite perforations, possibly for suspension. The exterior is adorned with an elaborate pattern of striated, triangular, and spiral motifs in red, white, and black pigments. Size (of largest): 5.1" Diameter x 2.4" H (13 cm x 6.1 cm) Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s to 1960s 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. #164186 Condition: Both have a few very minor abrasions. Otherwise, both are intact and excellent with wonderful preservation of detail.
• *A Nayarit Style Pottery Figure
  *A Nayarit Style Pottery Figure depicted seated wearing numerous ear spools and a headdress with multiple projections holding a gourd in one hand and a ceremonial mace in the other. Height 13 1/2 inches.
• *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 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.
• 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.
• 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 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 Nayarit Style Pottery Figure
  *A Nayarit Style Pottery Figure in the form of a standing female with ear spools nose ring and head adornment having polychrome decoration throughout. Height 10 5/8 inches.
• 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
• NAYARIT CHINESCO POLYCHROME BOWL W/
  NAYARIT CHINESCO POLYCHROME BOWL W/ FLOWER MOTIFPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely pottery bowl of hemispherical form, painted with a 7-petaled flower centered on the base and a band of striped lozenge motifs that surrounds the rim. The skillfully painted flower is likely an American or yellow lotus flower and represents why this style of pottery is known as Chinesco; due to its stylistic similarities to the art of the Chinese, who are well known for their frequent aesthetic incorporation of the lotus flower. The interior is enveloped in black slip that nicely contrasts the beige and burnt orange hues of the exterior. Size: 7" Diameter x 4.3" H (17.8 cm x 10.9 cm) Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Ida L. collection, Mt. Vernon, New York, USA, acquired in the 1970s - 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. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #177788 Condition: Professionally repaired and restored with areas of repainting. Great surface wear. Otherwise, very nice presentation and great pigments.
• 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 NAYARIT CERAMIC
  PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT CERAMIC FEMALE FIGURINE Pre-Columbian Nayarit ceramic pottery seated female figurine, with painted necklace, earrings, and hair ornaments. 9" H x 5.5" W.
• 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.
• 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.
• A Nayarit Seated Terracotta
  A Nayarit Seated Terracotta Figure retaining partial polychrome decoration. Height 8 1/4 inches.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY
  PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY ZOOMORPHIC VESSEL, HT. 7....Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Zoomorphic Vessel, 200 BCE - 200 CE. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Size: 7.75'' x 7'' x 8.5'' (20 x 18 x 22 cm). Please Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves in this Auction; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price.
• NAYARIT POTTERY FIGURE OF A
  NAYARIT POTTERY FIGURE OF A WOMAN, EX-PARKE-BERNET possibly 200 BCE-200 CE, Mexico, terracotta with remnant pigment, seated cross-legged, wearing a striped cap, ear and nose ornaments, with geometric markings, 16.5"h
• 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".
• Pottery Nayarit style figure, 10"H,
  Pottery Nayarit style figure, 10"H, unsigned, also to include a bronze bookend pair depicting a relief of bow hunting Native Americans, 5-5/8"H unsigned.
• A Nayarit Ceramic Figure of a
  A Nayarit Ceramic Figure of a Warrior wearing a hat and holding a weapon. Height 7 inches.
• NAYARIT POTTERY STANDING FEMALE
  NAYARIT POTTERY STANDING FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A large and impressive clay figure of a nude female shown standing on two thick-set legs. The stocky figure displays square shoulders and attenuated arms bent at the elbow to rest her articulated hands on a bulging belly, just below her pointed breasts and above her genitalia. Three hemispherical bumps are featured on the corner of each of her shoulders, perhaps representing armor or ceremonial scarification (shoulder pellets). Her ovoid head exhibits two almond-shaped eyes encircled in maroon face paint above a sharp nose with intricately incised nostrils and a sizable, ovoid mouth held open as though letting out a deep groan or wail - somewhat reminiscent of Edvard Munch's "The Scream". Each of her naturalistic ears display drill holes, likely for hanging ornaments. Capped with a beige headband, her burgundy hair falls midway down her back. Her body is painted a vibrant hue of russet and boasts a lustrous burnish. A remarkable example from Nayarit culture! Size: 9.25" W x 22" H (23.5 cm x 55.9 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-private T. Misenhimer collection, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from 1970 to 2008 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. #161416 Condition: Collection label on proper right foot and felt pads on both feet. Expected surface wear commensurate with age and char marks on foot and belly, as shown. Expertly repaired with restoration over the break lines and resurfacing only visible upon very close examination. Otherwise, excellent with impressive pigments.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY
  PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE, HT. 15"Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Seated Female Figure. Depicted with earrings, four-strand necklace, and bracelets on wrists and upper arms. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Size: 15'' x 10'' x 9.5'' (38 x 25 x 24 cm). Please Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves in this Auction; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price.
• *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.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY
  PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY FIGURE, HT. 6.75"Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Figure, 200 BCE - 200 CE. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Size: 6.75'' x 3'' x 2.75'' (17 x 8 x 7 cm). Please Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves in this Auction; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price.
• 2 COLIMA & NAYARIT POTTERY CARGADOR
  2 COLIMA & NAYARIT POTTERY CARGADOR & EFFIGY FIGURESPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio style, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE; Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This is an interesting pair of ancient pottery artifacts comprised of a Colima effigy vessel, and a Nayarit figure. The vessel is in the form of an anthropomorphic seated "cargador" (literally "carrier") figure with bent legs, a hunched back, rounded shoulders with applied nodules - indicative of ritual scarification or ceremonial ornamentation. A large storage jar serves as the spout for the vessel and is supported on the figures' broad back, and his head juts forward, with applied headdress and stylized visage. The redware Nayarit figure is balanced on kneeling legs, with a raised a cylindrical implement to his mouth, likely a pipe or a flute. The stylized visage has coffee been eyes, and a broad cap or headdress, and slip painted in a deep russet hue. Size of cargador vessel: 6" L x 4" W x 5" H (15.2 cm x 10.2 cm x 12.7 cm) Provenance: private Houston, Texas, USA collection; ex-private Houston, Texas, USA, collection, acquired 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. #167378 Condition: Cargador has a chip to the nose and rim, but otherwise intact, with heavy patina and mineral deposits throughout. Kneeling figure is repaired with arm reattached and visible break line at the shoulder. Mineral and earthen deposits throughout and great pigmentation!
• *A Collection of Pre-Columbian
  *A Collection of Pre-Columbian Style Pottery Articles comprising two animal form figures a bust set on an acrylic base and three Nayarit style figures mounted on a rectangular metal base. Height of tallest 6 1/8 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.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY
  PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POTTERY FIGURE, HT. 7.5"Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Gourd-shaped Figure, 200 BCE - 200 CE. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Size: 7.5" x 5.5" x 5" (19 x 14 x 13 cm). Please Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves in this Auction; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price.