Kneeling woman in a very realistic attitude,... Lot 22

Kneeling woman in a very realistic attitude, she seems pensive, her right hand delicately placed on her cheek. Brown terracotta with red and cream slip Nayarit culture, Chinesco style, Mexico 100 BC - 250 AD H. 21 - W. 13,5 - D. 9,5 cm Provenance: - Belgian Collection. Acquired in September 1978. Bibliography: - "From Coast to Coast, Pre-Columbian Sculptures from Mesoamerica," Ted J. J. Leyenaar, Gerard W. van Bussel and Gesin Weber, Exhibition in Kassel in 1992 and then from November 27 to March 7, 1993 at the Rijksmuseum Voor Volkenkunde, Leiden. Reproduced under n°311, p. 330. A thermoluminescence test by Ralf Kotalla dated 18.09.1990 will be given to the buyer.