Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle, Macaracas type, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of spherical, round-bottomed form with a gentle shoulder, a squat rim, and a hemispherical lid resting on top. Both the lid and body are covered in a cream-hued ground before being decorated with a series of abstract reptilian creatures, perhaps saurians, with 3 on the body and 2 on the lid. The use of purple pigment with the classic red and black hues is typical of later Cocle pottery artifacts, primarily the Macaracas style. Size (w/ lid): 5.73" Diameter x 5.4" H (14.6 cm x 13.7 cm)

Provenance: ex-private USA collection acquired before 2000. Complete provenance will be provided to winning bidder; all items from this collection have been appraised by Marianne Huber in 2014

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#188379

  • Condition: Small chip to rim of body as shown, and both components with at least 1 stable hairline fissure. Minor abrasions and fading to pigment, with scattered pitting, otherwise in great condition. Wonderful preservation to decorative motifs.

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