A WHIMSICAL NAYARIT CERAMIC DOG WITH PUPS AND A BOWL

This fine polychrome mother dog, nursing two pups lies curled, adorned with black, cream and red pigments, has her protruding tongue ready for the food or water which will be placed in her bowl. 

ORIGIN

Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio, West Coast Culture., Nayarit, Mexico, Protoclassic, circa 100 B.C. to A.D. 250.

DIMENSION

L 10IN
L 25.4CM

PROVENANCE

Ex-Collection Alicia Englebert, Tucson, Arizona. Inherited from her grandfather who acquired it in 1966.

CONDITION

Excellent.