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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

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