Seated Male Figure
San Juanito Escobedo, Jalisco, West Mexico
Proto-Classic Period, 250 B.C.E. - 100 C.E.

SEATED MALE JALISCO FIGURE, EX: SOTHEBY’S

“San Juanito” Type, Municipio de Juan Escobedo, Jalisco, Mexico

Proto-Classic Period, 200 B.C. - A.D. 300

Provenance: Sotheby Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York City, 11/23/1977.

For your consideration is this unusual male seated figure who wears only a narrow banded headdress and large and elaborately tasseled ear-ornaments.

This enigmatic effigy was modeled sitting erect with elbows on flexed knees, left hand resting on left shoulder.

There is a vent-hole atop this fine hollow figure; the neck and lower torso are painted with red slip on a buff ground.

Two notable details make this figure particularly fascinating; first, the massive protuberance on the back of his neck and second, the exposed tongue, possible symptoms of Ludwig’s Angina.

This museum-quality figure is 8 7/8” (22.3 cm) tall, 5.5” (16 cm) wide, 7” inches (18 cm) front-to-back and weighs a bit over two pounds.

Several toes are very slightly chipped, but without repairs, restoration or cracks, this figure is in

EXCELLENT CONDITION.

Comparables: Gallagher, "Companions of the Dead: Ceramic Tomb Sculpture from Ancient West Mexico," fig. 123;

Von Winning “Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico,” figs. 116;

Proctor Stafford Collection, LA Museum of Art, "Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico," p. 110, fig.71.

Price includes prompt "Priority Mail" shipping, Delivery Confirmation tracking and insurance within continental U.S.A.

Overseas buyer please add $250 shipping;



GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY

The authenticity of this artifact is fully guaranteed by the seller, a longtime educator and Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers (ret.), certified Specialist in Pre-Columbian Art. Your figure will be carefully packed, insured and promptly shipped with a signed and registered Certificate of Authenticity.  


If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, this figure may be returned as shipped within thirty days of purchase

for a purchase price refund minus a 10% re-stocking fee upon return of item in original condition and

with original shipping materials; buyer pays return shipping and insurance.


This seller has been a conscientious collector, educator and 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 figure is legal to sell, buy and own under the United States statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, Chapter 14.

NOTE: There is a smaller and virtually identical figure available at a more modest price; please view #125907231883.

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