Colima Reclinatorio Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

the backrest finely modeled with a human figure straining forward from the avian platform on his back secured with a tumpline around the forehead, his hands holding the band, and the bird with rounded wing and upturned beak, a spout at the side.

Cedric Marks, New York, active in the 1960's and 1970's
Peter G. Wray Collection, acquired from the above in 1978
Sotheby's, New York, November 18, 1991, lot 121

New York, Fine Pre-Columbian Art, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Wray, Harmer Rooke Galleries, October 9, 1984-January 5, 1985, fig. 105

Overall very good; fill on the two projecting left flanges, repairs across mid-line on the flat part of the back and tail, arms, face, spout, and human legs; generally body is OK.
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The stylized neck rests are typically shown with a human or dog supporting the flattened bird 'pillow'. Reclinatorios can be seen in the anecdotal sculptures of various house models. See Townsend (1998: 171, figs. 8 and 9), and for a highly similar example in the Proctor Stafford Collection, Los Angeles, see Kan et al. (1989:130, fig. 108).