Chinesco
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Chinesco is a style of ancient ceramic figure from the Shaft Tomb tradition of western Mexico (c. 300 BCE-400 CE). Chinesco figures, particularly the so-called "pretty ladies," are characterized by rounded bodies, slanted eyes, and smooth surfaces. They were placed in deep shaft tombs as funerary offerings.
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Chinesco ceramics from western Mexico (300 BCE-400 CE) feature smooth, rounded human figures with distinctive slanted eyes. They were placed as funerary offerings in deep shaft tombs.
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