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Chinesco Style : Chinesco Style (Type C) Nayarit Sculpture of a Seated Man
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Chinesco Style (Type C) Nayarit Sculpture of a Seated Man - PF.2915
Origin: Nayarit, Mexico
Circa: 300
BC
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
8.25" (21.0cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Chinesco (Type C)
Medium: Terracotta
$9,000.00
Location: United States
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This effigy male figure sits in a humble position
with his arms around his legs. His exaggerated
and simplified limbs accentuate the crouching
position. The face of this fired clay figure shows
the Chinesco style (a flat head, thin eye-slits,
and a small mouth), which is one exemplary style
from the Naryarit culture. The body is decorated
with light orange stripes, which give the figure
more volume. Such lines that go across the body
surface accentuate each curve created by the
figure's crouching position. Being found from a
shaft-tomb, this humble effigy figures also
carries the funerary symbolism of Nayarit culture.
People of Nayarit culture were obsessed with
burial practices and, thus, channeled their artistic
energy into making funerary figurines. Such
hand-modeled figures were a widespread
tradition in the pre-Classic society. This
charming clay figure is not only a witness of the
funerary ritual but also is the embodiment of the
artistic energy of Nayarit culture.
- (PF.2915)
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