Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022

Lot 121

A Nayarit seated male hunchback figure

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £320

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Description

A Nayarit seated male hunchback figure

Mexico, circa 100 BC - 250 AD

terracotta, wearing a head band and multiple earrings, with his right hand held to his mouth playing an ocarina, with a red/brown slip,

32cm high, on a welled base. (2)

Provenance

Fleur Cowles, collected in the 1950s.

Kenneth Mackay, London, 6 September 2017.

Romy Rey Collection, London.