Seated couple
Date200 B.C. - 300 A.D.
Maker
Mexican
Label TextCouples depicted in fond embraces and in separate mourning poses are popular themes in ancient West Mexican ceramics. It is not known whether these couples are portraits of domestic tranquility or mythic encounters. Nearly fifteen centuries separate us from these cultures. This brilliant outpouring of ceramics remains outside the stylistic mainstream of Mexican highland artistic development.
Object number76.300
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art of the Ancient Americas, July 10, 1999 - May 11, 2003Credit LineBequest of Dr. Richard E. Fuller
Dimensions9 5/16 in. (23.62 cm)
MediumCeramic
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