Unknown Central and South American
Ancestral Couple

CultureJalisco
Titles
  • Ancestral Couple
Date200 AD
PlaceJalisco, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions(.1, Male): 13 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (34.3 × 21.9 × 16.8 cm)
(.2, Female): 12 × 7 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (30.5 × 19.7 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2017.108.1,.2
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Provenance[Présence des Arts, Paris, by February, 1970] [1]; The Mazard Family, France and US, 1970–2016 [1]; [The Merrin Gallery, New York, 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.

[1] Invoice dated February 26, 1970 (Fig. 10).

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