Chinesco Style (Type C) Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of a Standing Man, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta
4.5 x 9.75
PF.0227
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Nature has taken a hand in the appearance of this wonderful figure, adding to and subtracting from the original paint until it wears a costume that resembles autumn leaves. Like...
Nature has taken a hand in the appearance of this wonderful figure, adding to and subtracting from the original paint until it wears a costume that resembles autumn leaves. Like the leaves, it reminds us in a bittersweet way of the passage of time, of the changes that inevitably happen to all of us.
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