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A Large Jalisco Joined Couple, Ameca Style, Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
the larger female holding the male in a close embrace, with nearly identical facial features and alert expression, each with prominent shoulder tattoos and arm band and disk earrings, their turbans wrapped with segmented crisscrossed bands, the female with a central crest and the male adorned with a medallion.
Provenance
Daniel M. Friedenberg, acquired in 1983
Sotheby's, New York, Pre-Columbian Art, including Property from The Daniel M. Friedenberg Collection, May 15, 2003, lot 245
Literature
Von Winning 1986: fig. 22
Brinkerhoff 1994: cat. no. 22
Brinkerhoff 1994: cat. no. 22
Catalogue Note
Cf. Holsbeke and Arnault (1998: 89), for a closely related couple; see also Gallagher (1983: 119).
Marriage pairs are a particularly important type of tomb sculpture, honoring the ancestral clans. The Ameca style of Jalisco is known for the lively portrayal of joined couples in which females are the prominent figure. This region was referred to as Cihuatlán, 'the place of women', by the Aztecs.
Marriage pairs are a particularly important type of tomb sculpture, honoring the ancestral clans. The Ameca style of Jalisco is known for the lively portrayal of joined couples in which females are the prominent figure. This region was referred to as Cihuatlán, 'the place of women', by the Aztecs.