Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine collection of 8 pottery earspools, 5 redware and 3 blackware, all of circular form yet boasting a diversity of designs. A pair of redware adornments showcases openwork motifs each with 4 rectangular and circular perforations surrounded by incised striations, while 1 blackware ornament exhibits a discoid form with a petite drill hole at the center enveloped by a carved circle and dots. The remaining 5 earspools present as ring shapes with the 2 blackware ornaments displaying long, tubular bodies and the redware pieces featuring corseted midsections and flared rims. Size of largest: 1.2" Diameter x 0.4" W (3 cm x 1 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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#171525

  • Condition: Largest has been professionally repaired with break lines just barely visible. Minor losses to rims of 1 redware and 1 blackware, and chipping to rim of another blackware. All have expected nicks, chips, scratches, and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, 5 are intact and all are very nice with light earthen deposits. Impressive preservation of detail on incised spools.

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