Description:

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz region, Olmec culture, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE; Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Ecuador, ca. 1000 CE. A collection of 3 complementary pieces of Pre-Columbian pottery. One is a pretty red-slipped olla with an incised triangular design around its shoulder and a flared rim. The Costa Rican bowl rests on five bulbous rattle legs with a nicely painted interior. The third is a petite Olmec blackware jar displaying a bulbous body, a narrow neck, and a gently flared rim, all sitting upon a round yet stable base. Coated in a lustrous black glaze, the exterior of the ancient vessel is adorned with the incised image of a striding figure facing right as he plays a conch shell trumpet, and a geometric glyph design is incised on the opposite side. Size: 7" Diameter x 3" H (17.8 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private New York, USA collection, acquired in November, 1992; ex-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, acquired prior to 1970

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#173673

  • Condition: Olla has been repaired at the rim; the bowl has been repaired from multiple pieces. Olmec blackware Repaired from several pieces with restoration over break lines. Areas of repainting on upper portion of exterior. Nicks and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, very nice with lovely earthen deposits on interior.

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