This large and impressively decorated female figure has both arms raised close to her head; 10.75" (27.3 cm) high,
6.5" wide (16.5 cm) and 3.75" (9.5 cm) deep with cream and black-on-red painted details; in excellent overall condition.
SEATED FEMALE FIGURE
IXTLAN DEL RIO, NAYARIT, MEXICO
Proto-Classic Period200 B.C.E - 300 C.E.
Comparable: eBay #123905946826.
Provenance: Acquired by the seller at the Sotheby Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City on November 1, 1979; lot 100 is illustrated in the catalog.
$150 Priority Mail shipment, Delivery Confirmation tracking and insurance within continental U.S.A.
Payment is expected within two days of auction’s end.
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GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY
The authenticity of this artifact is fully guaranteed by the seller, retired scholar and Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers, certified Pre-Columbian Art Specialist.
Your figure will be very carefully packed, insured and promptly shipped with a signed and registered Certificate of Authenticity
that includes a description, photo, dimension, cultural provenance and chronology.
If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, this artwork
may be returned as shipped within thirty days of purchase for a purchase
price refund
minus 10%
re-stocking fee for return of item in original condition and with original shipping materials; buyer pays return shipping and insurance.
This seller has been a conscientious collector and dedicated scholar of New World antiquities for over a half-century. He has complied with UNESCO, federal/local legislation and never consciously acquired, traded in or sold illicitly recovered antiquities.
This item is legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code
2600, Chapter 14, and is guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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