Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20th September 2023

Lot 1221

Five Nayarit figures

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £220

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Description

Five Nayarit figures
Mexico, circa 100 BC - 1000 AD
pottery, including a standing female wearing ornaments and a skirt, with polychrome decoration, 20cm high, a seated figure drinking from a spherical jar, with painted decoration, 15.5cm high, and three seated figures, 12.5cm, 13cm and 13.5cm high. (5)

Provenance
drinking figure and seated figure with poncho - Christie's, London, 25 March 1986, lot 130 part.
Romy Rey Collection, London.