Mexico, Jalisco
600–900 AD
Ceramic with painted decoration
Height: [not listed — can you confirm?]
Provenance: Maurice Yanez Collection, Pasadena, California; Asuna Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
Paired male and female figures are a recognized category within the Jalisco ceramic tradition of West Mexico, placed together in shaft tombs as representations of couples in life or as funerary companions for the deceased. The pairing of figures in this tradition is understood to reflect social relationships of importance to the individual buried, whether marital, ritual, or ancestral. Intact couples with matching surface treatment and compatible scale are less common than single figures in the surviving record.
This pair is modeled with the elongated neck, projecting nose, and compact seated posture characteristic of later Jalisco production, with red over cream slip and black resist painted details preserved across both figures. The headdresses, body proportions, and surface treatment are consistent between the two, indicating they were produced together as a matched set. The Pasadena and Santa Barbara provenance gives the pair a clear two-owner California collecting history.
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Mexico, Jalisco
600–900 AD
Ceramic with painted decoration
Height: [not listed — can you confirm?]
Provenance: Maurice Yanez Collection, Pasadena, California; Asuna Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
Paired male and female figures are a recognized category within the Jalisco ceramic tradition of West Mexico, placed together in shaft tombs as representations of couples in life or as funerary companions for the deceased. The pairing of figures in this tradition is understood to reflect social relationships of importance to the individual buried, whether marital, ritual, or ancestral. Intact couples with matching surface treatment and compatible scale are less common than single figures in the surviving record.
This pair is modeled with the elongated neck, projecting nose, and compact seated posture characteristic of later Jalisco production, with red over cream slip and black resist painted details preserved across both figures. The headdresses, body proportions, and surface treatment are consistent between the two, indicating they were produced together as a matched set. The Pasadena and Santa Barbara provenance gives the pair a clear two-owner California collecting history.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
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