Pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastián Pottery Figure wearing prominent ear spools

wearing prominent ear spools

While more elaborate Tang tomb figures were often richly glazed and highly detailed

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otherwise well preserved and retaining fine painted detail

A large and finely formed ceramic vessel attributed to the Papagayo Polychrome tradition of the Greater Nicoya region in northwestern Costa Rica

Pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastián Pottery Figure wearing prominent ear spoolsPre Columbian Nayarit San Sebastin Pottery Figure Western Mexico, ca. 100 BCE250 CE Height: 18 3 4 in. (47. 6 cm) Large and impressive hollow pottery figure from the San Sebastin tradition of ancient Nayarit, depicting a standing female figure with hands resting upon the abdomen. The figure wears a distinctive headdress, circular ear ornaments, and a neck collar, while retaining traces of red slip and darker mineralized surface deposits developed over