Pre-Columbian Nayarit Abstracted Pottery Male and Female Couple (2)

West Mexico, Ixlan Del Rio, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD.  Unique pottery male and female standing figures, with ocher and white painted details and highlights.  They are a matched pair of whimsical plastic forms. The male holds an object with both hands and the female holds a bowl on her left shoulder, and both are wearing fancy head bands, nose rings and necklaces. The male has a pointed panel loincloth and the female wears an ankle length skirt. The male’s shirt is beautifully decorated on the back with a polychrome textile decoration. Both are intact.  Size: 10”H. & 10-1/8”H.Provenance:   Private Westchester, NY. collection. Assembled in the 1960’s-1970’s. To family by descent.