Pre-Columbian Jalisco painted pottery figure with pronounced breasts

with pronounced breasts

the earliest major civilization of Mesoamerica

The reverse reveals the hollowed interior typical of funerary masks

A compelling and expressive example of Nayarit figural pottery

prominent ear ornaments

Pre-Columbian Jalisco painted pottery figure with pronounced breastsWest Mexico, Jalisco Culture Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE 250 CE Height: 5 3 8 inches Provenance: Ex Auction at Showplace, New York; acquired from a Private New York Collection. Old collection tag on reverse dated 1964. A finely sculpted seated pottery figure from the Jalisco region of West Mexico, depicted in a dynamic crouching posture with one arm resting on the knee and the other bent across the torso. The figure displays characteristic