Rare Nayarit Chinesco Pottery Sea Creature

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A dynamically posed hand-made pottery depiction of a dog with a long face, a perky nose, and tiny round ears. The dog sits with his legs dra

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Although the neighboring Colima are known for their dog vessels, they are much rarer to find from the Nayarit! A fantastically expressive an

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An emaciated, hunchbacked Chinesco-style redware mourning figure, detailed in burgundy- and cream-hued pigmentation, sitting in a dramatical

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A rare form of pottery figure from the West Mexican shaft tomb culture, in a style sometimes called "Chinesco". The figure has two heads, ea

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A seated/kneeling female figure of a Chinesco type yet of an exceptionally elegant form finished in red-brown slip with light crea

**Originally Listed At $1800** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A charming example of a seated Nayarit figure with a very intriguing body. One side of the body is shown knee

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco style, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel depicting a standing canine companion. The dog is heavily emacia

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A ceramic seated figure in excellent condition, hand-molded and painted with glossy red, yellow, and dark red slip. The face is incised, pai

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco style, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An intriguing redware olla with a concave base, a bulbous body with dozens of mold-formed ribs, a grooved shoulder, and an a

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hollow-built vessel shaped like a charming canine standing atop four conical legs. The raised head pre

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco style, Lagunillas Type C, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An abstract female bi-chrome figure, distinguished by her mask-like face, d

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery figure sitting with arms crossed atop bent knees. The expressionless visage and dra

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, southern Nayarit region, Chinesco, Lagunillas, Type C, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A superb, hand-built pottery figural rattle of

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery female Chinesco figure standing atop delineated legs with dramatically arched feet.

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An unusual bichrome pottery effigy vessel in the form of a curled up animal - deemed an embryonic canine - standing upon four legs

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine ensemble of 3 hand-built pottery vessels with highly burnished surfaces and ochre hues.

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figure of the attractive Chinesco variety standing atop delineated legs with dramatically

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built terracotta cream-slip standing figure displaying slightly spread legs with arched feet,

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built bichrome terracotta figure with pointed feet, large thighs, a slender waist, attenuated looped ar

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery figure seated upon conical legs.

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A rare find, a hand-molded cream-colored pottery jar with a square shape and lid whose sides curve down to protect the interior. Presumably

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figure of the intriguing Chinesco variety standing upon delineated legs and holding slend

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure of a characteristically abstract form with applied bands of jewelry on her

A WHIMSICAL ART POTTERY SEA CREATURE, SIGNED. 12"