Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A gathering of 3 hand-built pottery jars with round but stable bases and highly burnished surfaces bearing red, yellow, or black hues. One gadrooned jar has relatively uniform russet hues; a spherical jar features a three-pointed motif on the upper body and spots along the lower body; and the largest vessel exhibits a hexagonal form with linear motifs across the exterior. Size: 5.9" W x 4.25" H (15 cm x 10.8 cm)

Provenance: private Kansas, USA collection, acquired via descent from family in Jalisco, Mexico ca. the 1940s, and imported into the US in the 1970s and 1980s

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#171509

  • Condition: Largest vessel has repair to small area of rim, and gadrooned jar has petite chips to rim; spherical vessel is intact. Each vessel has minor abrasions and nicks, with light fading to pigment, otherwise in very good condition. Nice remains of decorative motifs across 2 larger jars.

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