Large Chinesco standing female figure, Type C, Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

of majestic size with classic heart-shaped head, short arms separated from the torso and hands pressed to the curving hips, the tall legs and rounded thighs narrowing into delineated toes, her face with chin pressed close to the neck, tiny smiling mouth, delicate nose ornamented and button-hole eyes surrounded by remains of teardrop-shaped decoration, the blackened coiffure sweeping into pointed tresses on her cheeks, wearing a finely crosshatched loincloth with short flap handing from the thin waistband, raised tattoos on the shoulders, and tasseled armbands, the ears pierced for ornaments.

California private collection, acquired in the late 1960's or early 1970's

Excellent, appears intact, minor wear to black paint on head and details on face. Has been waxed.
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Cf. Easby (1966: fig. 300); Townsend (1998: 285, cat. no. 209); see also Sotheby's, May 31, 1985, lot 182, and Sotheby's, May 9, 2006, lot 169, for this large Chinesco type.