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Jalisco Joined Couple, Ameca-Etzatlán Style — Jalisco Joined Couple, Ameca-Etzatlán Style Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250
Jalisco Joined Couple, Ameca-Etzatlán Style

Jalisco Joined Couple, Ameca-Etzatlán Style Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250

The Jalisco Joined Couple in the Ameca-Etzatlán style represents an important pre-Columbian artifact from the Protoclassic period (circa 100 BC - AD 250). This ceramic sculpture depicts two figures joined together, suggesting intimate human relationships and social bonds in ancient Jalisco culture. The piece demonstrates sophisticated modeling and provides valuable archaeological evidence of social organization and artistic traditions in ancient Mesoamerica.

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Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

May 11, 2021

Estimate: $12,000$18,000

Lot 111

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Jalisco Joined Couple, Ameca-Etzatlán Style, Jalisco Joined Couple, Ameca-Etzatlán Style Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250

The Jalisco Joined Couple in the Ameca-Etzatlán style represents an important pre-Columbian artifact from the Protoclassic period (circa 100 BC - AD 250). This ceramic sculpture depicts two figures joined together, suggesting intimate human relationships and social bonds in ancient Jalisco culture. The piece demonstrates sophisticated modeling and provides valuable archaeological evidence of social organization and artistic traditions in ancient Mesoamerica.

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Cultural, Symbolic, Sculpture, Mesoamerican, Earthenware, Pre-Columbian, Ceramic, Couple, Ancient, Figurative