Seated Couple Preparing and Eating Food

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Seated Couple Preparing and Eating Food

Mexico, Nayarit, Nayarit, 200 BCE–400 CE
Ceramics
Red slip with cream and black painted slip decoration on ceramic
8 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (20.32 x 11.43 x 11.43 cm); 8 x 4 1/2 x 7 in. (20.32 x 11.43 x 17.78 cm)
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch (M.86.296.18a-b)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Kan, Michael, Meighan, Clement, Nicholson, H.B. and Rexford Stead.  Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970.