Description:

Pre-Columbian, Panama, Cocle, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A beautifully painted polychrome pottery vessel, perhaps an enema bottle, of red, black, and cream hues, boasting a lovely round body on a short ring foot with a long tubular neck that tapers to a narrow spout. This piece hails from the Gran Cocle Pre-Columbian kingdom of Central America or present-day Cocle province. Cocle ceramics include some of the most intriguing expressions of visual culture in Prehispanic Central America. Beyond its elegant form, this piece is richly decorated: the body with four curved, almost embryo-like forms, housing zoomorphic or possibly saurian beings; the neck with stylized striations and zigzag patterns. For additional information on iconography, see Armand J. Labbe's "Guardians of the Life Stream" (Bowers Museum of Art, 1995). A gorgeous piece and a very unusual form. Size: 3.875" W x 5.5" H (9.8 cm x 14 cm)

Provenance: private Poway, California, USA collection

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#121730

  • Condition: Crack running from base of neck to foot with losses as shown. Impacted with dirt, sediment inside. Expected surface wear with root marks and manganese deposits.

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