Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle, late Conte to early Macaracas phase, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A large polychrome pottery pedestal dish, beautifully painted in shades of red and purple outlined with black against a cream background. The image features a serpent-like mythological being often referred to as a "Mythic Shamanic Creature," which incorporates elements of snakes, saurian forms, insects, and other zoomorphic characteristics. Executed in the Montijo Transitional style, it showcases a long, slithering body with a broad head displaying jagged teeth and clawed appendages. These limbs, along with sharp-edged sweeping forms, contribute additional abrasive and aggressive qualities to the creature depicted. The bowl rests atop a flared pedestal base, with the underside covered in a deep orange slip. A dramatic example of the period! Size: 11.5" Diameter x 5.75" H (29.2 cm x 14.6 cm)

Provenance: Ex-private Schuetz collection, Florida, USA; ex-Ancient Artifax, Hickory, North Carolina, USA; ex-G. Lumannick collection, Florida, USA

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#189981

  • Condition: Professionally repaired and restored from many pieces with new material infill and overpainting to break lines. Repairs are well done and nearly indiscernible. Nice manganese deposits and firing clouds.

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