**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A haunting kneeling figure, hand modeled from pottery and painted with red details on the buff pale brown ground. The figure, made to be placed inside a shaft tomb, wears large earrings and an interesting headdress; their expressive face includes applied eyes and a large nose above a mouth that appears to our modern eyes to be smiling - but its true meaning is lost to time. Size: 3.85" W x 6" H (9.8 cm x 15.2 cm)

Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966

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#155023

Intact, with great deposits on surface and nice root marks. Light wear on surface commensurate with age. The red pigment is in good condition.