For your consideration is this barefoot seated couple; both figures wear multiple ear-and nose-ornaments and different flanged
headdresses. The male's cap is peaked, the eyes are distinctively represented by reed-stamping and both figures smile broadly.
The nude male sits with exposed genitals, his looped arms rest on flexed knees and his right hand holds a fan.
The female wears only a skirt; her breasts are exposed and she holds a bowl in her left hand.
Both figures have been decorated with cream-on-orange slip and a vent-hole
atop the heads insured safe firing of these delightful terracotta figures.
The male is 10" (25.4 cm) tall, 6" (15.2 cm) wide and 5.75" (14.6 cm)
front-to-back;
the female measures 9" (22.8 cm) tall, 5 7/8" (15 cm) wide and 5 1/8" (13.1 cm) front-to-back.
The male has been insignificantly repaired and the female is intact; both figures are in excellent condition.
SEATED COUPLE
Ixtlan del Río, Nayarit, Mexico
Early Classic Period, C. 400 C.E.
Provenance: Acquired by the seller at Sotheby Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City on 12/12/1978, lot 83.
Comparables: H. Von Winning, “Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico,” p. 168, figs. 292 through 295.
$250 shipping, delivery confirmation tracking and insurance within continental U.S.A.
Overseas buyer adds $500
shipping costs; customs or other importation costs -- if any -- are the sole responsibility of the buyer.
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GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY
The
authenticity of this artifact is fully guaranteed by the seller, a longtime educator
and Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers (retired), certified Specialist
in Pre-Columbian Art. Your figure will be carefully
packed, insured and promptly shipped
with a signed and registered Certificate of
Authenticity.
If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, this artwork
may be returned as shipped within thirty days
of purchase for a purchase
price refund a minus 10% re-stocking fee for return of items in
original condition and with original shipping materials;buyer pays return shipping and insurance.
These figures are legal to sell, buy and own under the United States statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, Chapter 14.
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2021.
GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY
The authenticity of this artifact is fully guaranteed by the seller, a longtime educator
and Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers (retired), certified Specialist
in Pre-Columbian Art. Your figure will be carefully packed, insured and promptly shipped
with a signed and registered Certificate of Authenticity.
If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, this artwork may be returned as shipped within thirty days
of purchase for a purchase
price refund a minus 10% re-stocking fee for return of items in
original condition and with original shipping materials;buyer pays return shipping and insurance.
These figures are legal to sell, buy and own under the United States statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, Chapter 14.
Check out my other items and be sure to add me to your favorites list!
Images may be enlarged to provide greater detail. All rights reserved for all countries. No part of the contents of this page may be reproduced without prior written permission of the seller. Copyright © Rod Rogers, 2021.
Images may be enlarged to provide greater detail. All rights reserved for all countries. No part of the contents of this page may be reproduced without prior written permission of the seller. Copyright © Rod Rogers, 2021.