Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery dish with an applied creature in the center and a two resting upon the rim. The vessel has a rounded, stable base with a shallow basin and low walls. The unusual creatures may be scorpions, with petite front pinchers and stinger tails - there is something endearing about these arachnid-esque adornos. Size: 6.75" Diameter x 1.75" H (17.1 cm x 4.4 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#172896

  • Condition: Repaired and restored. Tail and posterior of central animal and the limbs and tails of rim animals are repaired with new material. Stable hair line fissures on bowl. Light mineral deposits.

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