PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
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213<br />
NAYARIT PREGNANT FIGURE<br />
SAN SEBASTIAN STYLE<br />
PROTOCLASSIC, Ca. 100 B. C.-A. D. 250<br />
Crouching on her knees in a birthing position<br />
with feet arched at the back as a support,<br />
hands placed to the sides of her distended<br />
belly, the infant’s head issuing forth, wearing<br />
multiple earrings, necklace and nose ring,<br />
raised cicatrice marks on her shoulders,<br />
and painted overall in reddish brown with<br />
decorative tattoos in black resist.<br />
Height 49.5 cm<br />
Provenance<br />
Jean Roudillon Auction, Paris, June 24, 1974,<br />
lot 20<br />
Belgian Collection since the 1970s<br />
€ 7 000 – 9 000