Standing Chinesco (Nayarit) ceramic figurine from type “C”
200 B.C. – 300 A.D.
€2 500,00
1 in stock
| Period: | 300 B.C. – 300 A.D. |
| Area: | Nayarit, Mexico |
| Dimensions (mm) : | (H) 144 (L) 54 (D) 24 |
| Weight (g) : | 136 |
| Condition : | Scarce chips and stabilized crack. |
| Provenance : | Old US private collection (bought in 1978 at the Sotheby PArke-Bernet gallery, NY). |
Description
The Chinesco style belongs to the Nayarit culture that has developped on the west side of Mexico during the proto classic period (300 B.C. – 300 A.D.).
The name of this style comes from the unintended similarity of the face of these figurines with the Chinese art. There are classified within five categories according to their degree of realism (A) and abstraction (B to E).
According to the shape of the face (heart shaped), our specimen belongs to the C category. Since major part of this segment gather seating and inclined figurines, this artefact is scarcer.
This figurine has no restoration but shows little chips: a little one on the bottom of the nose, a micro one on the upper part of the right ear and a light stabilized crack under the right foot. There remains many traces of typical white pigments (pubian apron, ears, eyes and back of knees).
Our specimen shows numerous earth encrustation that lead to a marvelous old patina.
References
Hasso von Winning, “The Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico”, Southwest Museum, 1974, p. 176, fig. 327;
Jacki Gallagher, “Companions of the Dead; Ceramic Tomb Sculpture from Ancient West Mexico”, UCLA, 1983, p. 122, fig. 158;
