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Nayarit Seated Couple — Nayarit Seated Couple
Nayarit Seated Couple

Nayarit Seated Couple

"Nayarit Seated Couple" is a pre-Columbian ceramic sculpture from western Mexico, dating to approximately 100 BCE to 250 CE. The work depicts two figures sitting closely together, characteristic of Nayarit pottery traditions known for their naturalistic modeling and attention to domestic or intimate scenes. The piece exemplifies the culture's sophisticated understanding of human form and social relationships, rendered in terracotta with a warm, earthy aesthetic that has endured for over two millennia.

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Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

October 11, 2024

Estimate: $8,000$12,000

Lot 46

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Nayarit Seated Couple, Nayarit Seated Couple

"Nayarit Seated Couple" is a pre-Columbian ceramic sculpture from western Mexico, dating to approximately 100 BCE to 250 CE. The work depicts two figures sitting closely together, characteristic of Nayarit pottery traditions known for their naturalistic modeling and attention to domestic or intimate scenes. The piece exemplifies the culture's sophisticated understanding of human form and social relationships, rendered in terracotta with a warm, earthy aesthetic that has endured for over two millennia.

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Earthy and warm aesthetic, Terracotta, Figurative representation, Ceramic Sculpture, Mexican Artist, Intimate Domestic Scene, Mesoamerican Art, Pre-Columbian, Ancient ritual or ceremonial, Seated figures