Seated Male and Female, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BC - 250 AD · Mexico, Zacatecas · ID: 3052451
French Collection, Paris
Neil Becker, West Harrison, USA
A. & B. Schirmer, Berlin, Germany
Description
ceramic, beige clay, painted in dark red and cream white,
Stylised figures with tubular arms and disc-shaped earrings. The male figure has a pair of peculiar mushroom-shaped horns, which, according to van Bussel, identify him as a shaman (Leyenaar, 1992, p. 293). The horns may have been made from bound strands of hair.
The object Seated Male and Female, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BC - 250 AD with the object ID 3052451 was part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025, lot number 58 at that time and is currently available for EUR 6,000 in Open sale.
Comparing literature
Leyenaar, Ted u.a., Von Küste zu Küste, o.O. 1992, p. 293
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).