A Nayarit standing figure
Terracotta figure of a standing male figure. Both hands on his hips. Bulgeous forehead and large headgear. Terracotta whit a red slib, nicely polished. Nayarit/Jalisco culture, West-Mexico, 200 BC – 300 CE.
Literature
‘From coast to coast, Pre-Columbian sculptures from Mesoamerica’, 1993, page 305.
Provenance
Ex private collection The Hague, The Netherlands, collected around 1950. Vendue Huis auctions, The Hague, 2011.
Size
Height 21 cm.
Price
€ 650,-
Condition
One leg reattached with original parts, some wear of old age, nice patina of old age.
