Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An attractive ensemble of 4 pottery stamps, each exhibiting flat faces carved with abstract reliefs. The largest presents in the form of a zoomorph with a target-motif eye and a lengthy body incised with geometric motifs. The remaining 3 all display conical handles on their versos. Two of these are triangular with one showing a stylized face in profile and the other exhibiting a frontwards-facing head wearing a headdress. Last, the most petite stamp shows an abstract design of linear, jagged, and undulating striations. Size of largest: 3.5" L x 1.8" W (8.9 cm x 4.6 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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#171514

  • Condition: Loss to handle of largest. Minor losses to peripheries of most petite. All have expected surface wear with nicks, small chips, and light abrasions, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, 2 triangular stamps are intact and all have impressively preserved details and light earthen deposits throughout.

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