Pre-Columbian Art / Chinesco Style Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of a Seated Figure, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta
8.25
PF.0571
Styliscally likened to Oriental figures, this figure seems neither from East nor West but from another world altogether. His body transcends normal proportion to achieve a pleasing order all its...
Styliscally likened to Oriental figures, this figure seems neither from East nor West but from another world altogether. His body transcends normal proportion to achieve a pleasing order all its own. Brilliantly colored, wearing a patterned shirt and a guaze weave loincloth, he also reminds us that a love of adornment is as old as civilization itself.