Lot 252
  • 252

Large Chinesco Standing Figure, Lagunillas Type C Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

Estimate
25,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • clay
  • Height: 14 5/8 in (37.2 cm)
with heart-shaped face slightly turned and small faint smile, poised with slender arms away from the body and hands pressed to the waist, wearing finely crosshatched loincloth and adorned with beaded necklace and armbands.

Provenance

Charles Small
Acquired from the above in the mid 1960's

Condition

Overall excellent, small old chip to tip of nose.
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