Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An impressive pottery jar of sizable form featuring a fluted body reminiscent of a squash and flattened shoulder with 4 relief turtles encircling the flared rim. In the Pre-Columbian world, turtle imagery represented the watery surface separating the sky from the underworld. In addition to its earth metaphor, turtles were symbols of virility as well as fertility. Terracotta sculptural representations of turtles are among the many animal effigies created by ancient artisans, though they are among some of the rarest zoomorphic effigy vessels inspired by the natural world of Western Mexico. Size: 13.9" L x 13" W x 7" H (35.3 cm x 33 cm x 17.8 cm)

This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated by Laboratory Ralf Kotalla. A full printed and bound report from Laboratory Ralf Kotalla will accompany the item upon purchase.

Provenance: ex-private Schuetz collection, Florida, USA, before 2004

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#188753

  • Condition: Professionally repaired and restored with repainting over break lines; all done very well. Otherwise, intact and excellent with nice remaining detail and mineral deposits in areas. TL holes to base and beneath shell of one turtle.

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