Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle, Macaracas type, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A spherical pottery olla of round-bottomed but stable form with stone-burnished surfaces and a thick, flared rim. The beige-ground vessel is decorated with 2 pairs of abstract, reptile-like creatures - one pair facing right-side up, and the second pair with both facing upside-down. The use of purple hues along with the black and red pigments is characteristic of Macaracas-type pottery. Size: 6.60" Diameter x 5.25" H (16.8 cm x 13.3 cm)

Provenance: Estate of Peter H. Tillou Collection, thence by descent. Acquired in the 1990s, collection # 362. Appraised by Marianne Huber in 2014.

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#188470

  • Condition: Minor abrasions and fading to pigment, with small nicks, and heavy earthen deposits within interior, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to saurian motifs.

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