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PROTOCLASSIC CA. 100 B. C.- A. D. 250
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TWO NAYARIT SEATED FIGURE
Protoclassic Ca. 100 B. C.- A. D. 250
One in Ixtlan Polychrome Style holding a small spear, adorned with elaborate jewelry and facial tattoos, the face distinguished by bared teeth and large, staring eyes, painted in deep red and brown with decorative details in cream, orange and black, the second male figure holding a rattle and one hand covering the mouth, similarly adorned and painted in reddish orange and cream.
Heights: 13 3/8 and 13 1/8 in. (34 and 33.1 cm.) (2)
Protoclassic Ca. 100 B. C.- A. D. 250
One in Ixtlan Polychrome Style holding a small spear, adorned with elaborate jewelry and facial tattoos, the face distinguished by bared teeth and large, staring eyes, painted in deep red and brown with decorative details in cream, orange and black, the second male figure holding a rattle and one hand covering the mouth, similarly adorned and painted in reddish orange and cream.
Heights: 13 3/8 and 13 1/8 in. (34 and 33.1 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Ernst Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, acquired in the 1950s
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico, 1959, figs. 26 and 120
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