Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco culture
200 BC–300 AD
Ceramic
Height: 8½ in (21.6 cm), Width: 6¾ in (17.1 cm)
Provenance: Constance McCormick Fearing, Santa Barbara, California, before 1960
Chinesco seated figures from the shaft tomb culture of Nayarit are distinguished by their smooth, rounded facial modeling, closed or half-closed eyes, and a quality of inward stillness that separates them stylistically from the more expressive Jalisco and Colima traditions of the same region and period. Figures in this seated posture, with one arm raised and the head turned slightly, represent a recurring Chinesco pose associated with ritual or social engagement. The Constance McCormick Fearing collection, Santa Barbara, is one of the documented pre-1960 American collections for West Mexican material.
This figure is modeled with the characteristic Chinesco smooth face, small ear spools, and a rounded compact body, with red and cream slip decoration preserved across the torso, necklace area, and lower body. The raised arm and alert head position give the piece a strong sense of arrested movement within the generally meditative Chinesco aesthetic. The pre-1960 provenance to a named Santa Barbara collection places this figure securely within the earliest generation of serious West Mexican collecting in the United States.
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Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco culture
200 BC–300 AD
Ceramic
Height: 8½ in (21.6 cm), Width: 6¾ in (17.1 cm)
Provenance: Constance McCormick Fearing, Santa Barbara, California, before 1960
Chinesco seated figures from the shaft tomb culture of Nayarit are distinguished by their smooth, rounded facial modeling, closed or half-closed eyes, and a quality of inward stillness that separates them stylistically from the more expressive Jalisco and Colima traditions of the same region and period. Figures in this seated posture, with one arm raised and the head turned slightly, represent a recurring Chinesco pose associated with ritual or social engagement. The Constance McCormick Fearing collection, Santa Barbara, is one of the documented pre-1960 American collections for West Mexican material.
This figure is modeled with the characteristic Chinesco smooth face, small ear spools, and a rounded compact body, with red and cream slip decoration preserved across the torso, necklace area, and lower body. The raised arm and alert head position give the piece a strong sense of arrested movement within the generally meditative Chinesco aesthetic. The pre-1960 provenance to a named Santa Barbara collection places this figure securely within the earliest generation of serious West Mexican collecting in the United States.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
