Pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastián Pottery Figure While more elaborate Tang tomb

While more elaborate Tang tomb figures were often richly glazed and highly detailed

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The surface preserves significant areas of original post-fire pigment in deep red

The piece rests on an old painted base and retains its original mid-20th-century collection tags marked “66

A finely carved Teotihuacan greenstone mask from Central Mexico

Pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastián Pottery Figure While more elaborate Tang tombPre Columbian Nayarit San Sebastin Pottery Figure Western Mexico, ca. 100 BCE250 CE Height: 18 3 4 in. (47. 6 cm) Large and impressive hollow pottery figure from the San Sebastin tradition of ancient Nayarit, depicting a standing female figure with hands resting upon the abdomen. The figure wears a distinctive headdress, circular ear ornaments, and a neck collar, while retaining traces of red slip and darker mineralized surface deposits developed over