RESTORATION //// Couple of statuettes
NAYARIT CULTURE, MEXICO.
Protoclassic, 100 BC-250 AD.
Ceramic with brick red and creamy white slip, manganese oxides.
H. 22 and 21 cm.
Beautiful pair of statuettes representing two men seated in a similar attitude: left leg bent, hands resting on one knee. Ritual deformation of the skull towards the back showing a classical face, characteristic of the Nayarit culture, decorated with ear pendants and a labret. Beautiful headdress with circular pastilted motifs.
Provenance:
French private collection.
Couturier Nicolay sale, Antiques and primitive arts, June 29, 1981, Paris, lot 60.
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