MINIATURE VILLAGE Nayarit culture, Western Mexico Protoclassic,... Lot 49

MINIATURE VILLAGE Nayarit culture, Western Mexico Protoclassic, 100 B.C.-250 A.D. Ceramic with brown-red slip and polychrome design H. 42 cm - L. 28 cm - D. 35 cm Nayarit village model, ceramic on brown-red slip and polychrome design, Mexico H. 16 ½ in - L. 11 in - W. 13 ¾ in Provenance: Private American collection, acquired 1990 Ancient Art of the New World, New York Publications: Townsend, Richard F., (ed.), Ancient West Mexico - Art of the Unknown Past The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1998, p. 94, fig. 8. Exhibitions: Ancient West Mexico - Art of the Unknown Past The Art Institute of Chicago, September 5-November 22, 1998 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 20, 1998 - March 29, 1999