Nayarit Seated Couple, Ixtlán del Rio style, Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

with distinct small round eyes and broad flattened bodies, the female kneeling on slender legs and leaning forward with a large bowl on her right shoulder, the male shaking a gourd rattle and fan, each wearing earrings of radiating design, headdress, and their bodies painted with geometric designs.

Stendahl Gallery

Acquired from the above in the 1950's

Both overall very good, the female appears intact , the male has clean break and repair at the neck , pressure crack showing on join of right thigh to body. Both very sturdy, hard fired ceramic.
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Cf. Sotheby's, November 23, 1998, lot 108, for a standing couple of this style.