A Superb Pre-Columbian Nayarit Polychrome Seated Male Ballplayer, Ixtlan del Rio Style, Protoclassic ca. 100 B.C. to A.D. 250.
This extraordinary hollow Nayarit figure with red slip and cream colored slip decoration, dating to the Protoclassic Period of the West Mexican sculptural tradition, ca. 100 B.C. to A.D. 250, has finely detailed and painted features: the convex and heavily lidded eyes with remains of white pigment, a realistically formed aquiline nose adorned with four nose rings, a polychrome "twisted turban" style headdress, each ear decorated with five complex earrings, appliqued necklace with creamy painted beads on front and reverse. He has wide creamy painted armbands, appliqued waistband holding protective ballplayer covering secured to his mid-section, and legbands with remains of black pigment on the edges. A red painted ball is grasped in his left hand, the fingers detailed, as well as the toes. There is an opening on the top of the head, which serves as the vent for this sculpture. An exceptional patina, which includes multiple ancient deposits of manganese oxide and other dendrites, is apparent overall. FSA:EA
Comparisons: Please see: "Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: The Proctor Stafford Collection", by Kan, Meighan, and Nicholson, Pp. 79, Fig. 13, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989, for a closely related figure. Provenance: This figure was de-acquisitioned from the Mr. And Mrs. Irving Stone Collection of Pre-Columbian Art formed during the 1960s or earlier. Irving Stone was a famous author and a notable collector. The figure bears the number: 4443 on the underside of his left hip. This number is an old accession number for the Stendahl Gallery of Los Angeles.
This figure may be viewed by appointment in the Los Angeles or South Orange County area.
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Height: approx. 9.6 in. (24.4 cm.).
Condition: The head has been re-attached at the neck, a professional clean break repair. This hollow sculpture is in otherwise complete and excellent condition.
About Anthropos Fine Art
Founded in 1976 in the Los Angeles area as the
Anthropos Gallery, specializing in Ancient and
Tribal sculpture from the Old as well as the New
World: Egyptian, Mediterranean, Pre-Columbian, and
North American Indian and Eskimo Art, we are now
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