Description:

Pre-Columbian, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica, Ca 400 to 800 CE. Lovely large olla with flaring rim, on the side are applied monkey heads and other strange zoomorphic beasties. Bowl decorated with added red highlights. 5-1/2" H by 7-1/2" W to widest point. Provenance: Ex - Goodrich collection, Boulder, CO, acquired in the 1960's by a US Biologist studying ticks on the armpits of bats (now that is a field you don't often hear about!). All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

  • Condition: Repaired from 2 large sections

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September 24, 2014 9:00 AM MDT
Louisville, CO, US

Artemis Fine Arts

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