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363 - Seated Couple. Zacateca, ca. 100 CE. Fired clay with a glossy red and ochre engobe, painted in black and cream. a) Seated woman. H 34.5 cm. She wears imposing ear coils; her eyes and mouth are depicted as circular openings, and her eyebrows are accentuated. Her hands are placed on her hips, and her breasts are prominently highlighted. Her body is extensively decorated with zigzag and linear patterns. b) Seated man. H 38 cm. He has placed a drum between his knees, on which he rests both hands. The eyes and mouth are depicted as round openings; the ears are pierced. He wears a headdress with two extensions. Cf. Vilcek Foundation, Acc. No. 2002.02.1; Cleveland Museum of Art, No. 1990.269; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, No. 2017.108.1, 2. 2 pieces! With TL certificate from 1990! Intact. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of R.K., North Rhine-Westphalia; formerly in the collection of Guy Loudmer, Art Précolumbien. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. C., Hôtel Drouot, Dec. 8, 1990, Lot 14 (copy enclosed); acquired in 1973 at the Galerie Alain Schoffel.
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Seated Couple. Zacateca, ca. 100 CE. Fired clay with a glossy red and ochre engobe, painted in black and cream. a) Seated woman. H 34.5 cm. She wears imposing ear coils; her eyes and mouth are depicted as circular openings, and her eyebrows are accentuated. Her hands are placed on her hips, and her breasts are prominently highlighted. Her body is extensively decorated with zigzag and linear patterns. b) Seated man. H 38 cm. He has placed a drum between his knees, on which he rests both hands. The eyes and mouth are depicted as round openings; the ears are pierced. He wears a headdress with two extensions. Cf. Vilcek Foundation, Acc. No. 2002.02.1; Cleveland Museum of Art, No. 1990.269; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, No. 2017.108.1, 2. 2 pieces! With TL certificate from 1990! Intact. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of R.K., North Rhine-Westphalia; formerly in the collection of Guy Loudmer, Art Précolumbien. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. C., Hôtel Drouot, Dec. 8, 1990, Lot 14 (copy enclosed); acquired in 1973 at the Galerie Alain Schoffel.
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Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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