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Nayarit Seated Couple, San Sebastian Style, Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C. - A.D. 250
11 May 2021, 11:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$5,100 inc. premium
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Nayarit Seated Couple, San Sebastian Style, Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C. - A.D. 250
heights 19 and 23 5/8in (48.3 and 60cm)
Provenance
Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, 1963 or earlier
California Private Collection
Each seated on two-legged stools, the male figure with his hands resting on each knee, the female with her hands to her chest; each wearing multiple-hooped earrings, knee bands and with elegant striated coiffures that extend down their backs; manganese oxide deposits throughout the smooth, reddish-brown surface with burnishes; inventory numbers written in black on the undersides: "PAIR/#A118/E.P.23K" and "#A117/PAIR W/118/23K."
Provenance
Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, 1963 or earlier
California Private Collection
Each seated on two-legged stools, the male figure with his hands resting on each knee, the female with her hands to her chest; each wearing multiple-hooped earrings, knee bands and with elegant striated coiffures that extend down their backs; manganese oxide deposits throughout the smooth, reddish-brown surface with burnishes; inventory numbers written in black on the undersides: "PAIR/#A118/E.P.23K" and "#A117/PAIR W/118/23K."














