Rare White-Slip Nayarit Standing Couple, Ixtlàn del Rio,
Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250
Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250
heights 15 1/2 and 16 1/2in (39.5 and 42cm)
the female with her mouth open revealing two rows of teeth and carrying a bowl, the male with implements in each hand; cream colored surface with black painted highlights and manganese oxide deposits throughout.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Texas, mid-1960's
Private Collection, Alabama
Private Collection, California
the female with her mouth open revealing two rows of teeth and carrying a bowl, the male with implements in each hand; cream colored surface with black painted highlights and manganese oxide deposits throughout.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Texas, mid-1960's
Private Collection, Alabama
Private Collection, California
Estimate:
US$ 18,000 - 20,000
€13,000 - 15,000
£12,000 - 13,000
€13,000 - 15,000
£12,000 - 13,000
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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