Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Property from a Private Collection
Nayarit Seated Female Figure
Ixtlán del Rio style, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250
Lot closes
October 22, 03:46 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Starting Bid
2,000 USD
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Description
Property from a Private Collection
Nayarit Seated Female Figure
Ixtlán del Rio style, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250
Height: 18 ⅝ in (47.2 cm)
Raúl Kamffer
Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1968
This sculpture was the female partner in a 'marriage-couple' pair. She is of youthful proportion and holds the customary bowl in her left hand. Her face has an alert expression with arched brows, rounded cheeks marked by geometric tattoos and parted lips showing teeth.
She wears a densely patterned skirt and chevron-patterned sash across her chest and is proudly adorned with multiple earrings, beaded armbands, a crescentic necklace, and a thick, twisted turban as headdress.
