Lot 53
  • 53

Nayarit Seated Male Figure, Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

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in meditative pose with long arms and balanced on a stool, the body naked and with distinctive cap-like coiffure with longer plait on the left side, wearing multiple earrings.

Provenance

Stendahl Galleries, 1977

Condition

Overall very good for such a large figure, but has repaired rt foot at ankle , repaired on left leg below knee, some cracks filled at back of the head, repaired at neck.
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