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.
A Polychrome Standing Figure with Exaggerated Head and Hips is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.
Chinesco figures were made between roughly 300 BCE and 400 CE as part of the Shaft Tomb tradition of western Mexico.
Chinesco figures, often called "pretty ladies," were placed in deep shaft tombs as funerary offerings.
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