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Seated Female Figurine
Nayarit (Lagunillas Type B)
Proto-Classic Period
250 B.C.–250 A.D.
Object Place: Nayarit, Mexico
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint and negative-resist painting
Dimensions
Overall: 21.6 x 13.2 x 18.4 cm (8 1/2 x 5 3/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession Number2015.2220
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionA seated female figure, of the Lagunillas Type B style (formerly called "Chinesco", Spanish for "Chinese-like") wears a finely woven and decorated hip wrap and jewelry featuring ear spools, a necklace, arm bands adorned with small pendants or bells, and a wide nose ring, all rendered in slip paint and a negative resist technique.
ProvenanceProbably by the 1950s or 1960s, and certainly by 1972 [see note], Vincent Price (b. 1911 – d. 1993) and Mary Grant Price (b. 1917 – d. 2002), Los Angeles; May 15, 2003, consigned by the estate of Vincent and Mary Price, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 233. May 15, 2015, anonymous (“private western collection”) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 55, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 2015)
NOTE: Actor Vincent Price and his wife Mary built up an extensive art collection in the 1950s and 1960s. They divorced in 1974, after which Mrs. Price kept this object until her death in 2002. According to information provided by her estate to Sotheby’s, their collection had been formed by 1972. Handwritten notes supplied by Sotheby’s further suggest that this figure had been acquired by the 1960s.
NOTE: Actor Vincent Price and his wife Mary built up an extensive art collection in the 1950s and 1960s. They divorced in 1974, after which Mrs. Price kept this object until her death in 2002. According to information provided by her estate to Sotheby’s, their collection had been formed by 1972. Handwritten notes supplied by Sotheby’s further suggest that this figure had been acquired by the 1960s.