San Sebastián Style Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of a Seated Man, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta
5.25 x 7.5
PF.0855
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There is a heightened degree of expressive naturalism about this marvelous figure, a characteristic unusual in the art of Nayarit. Seeing him thus, leaning back, supporting himself on his arm...
There is a heightened degree of expressive naturalism about this marvelous figure, a characteristic unusual in the art of Nayarit. Seeing him thus, leaning back, supporting himself on his arm as any of us might do today, we are reminded that the difference between his lost world and ours today is not so great.