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Chinesco Style : Chinesco Style (Type C) Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of a Standing Woman
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Chinesco Style (Type C) Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of a Standing Woman - PF.2726
Origin: Nayarit, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
6" (15.2cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Chinesco (Type C)
Medium: Terracotta
£6,500.00
Location: UAE
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This lovely female sculpture represents woman at
her most beautiful. The birth of a child or a wish
for fertility is wonderfully represented in this
figure. Her body, which is hollow, might have
once held offerings for the gods or supplies for
the deceased into the afterworld. She is a figure,
worn with time, which was used by women of the
village who hoped to get pregnant. She is a
fertility Goddess. The design of her costume,
though faint, was once elaborate. Maybe she can
still bring good luck to the hopeful.
- (PF.2726)
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