Pre-Columbian Art / Nayarit Sculpture of a Seated Woman, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta
17.25
PF.0985
The delightful, spirited humor of an ancient race shines through even today in this piece. To make this woman more comfortable through eternity, the artist has turned her lower limbs...
The delightful, spirited humor of an ancient race shines through even today in this piece. To make this woman more comfortable through eternity, the artist has turned her lower limbs into a four-legged stool and then enclosed them all in painted shorts. We laugh at this gentle surrealism, even as someone perhaps laughed centuries ago.
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