Description:

Pre-Columbian, Border area between Panama and Costa Rica (Diquis zone), Tarrago, Chiriqui Phase, Period VI, ca. 1000-1500 CE. This pair of simple yet elegant earthenware jars represents early pottery created in the border area between Panama and Costa Rica. Both ollas have rounded bottoms and lovely egg-shaped forms. Incised circular motifs decorating the rims mirror the spheroid shapes of the complete vessels. 6 1/2"H x 6"D for largest

Provenance: Ex Gibson collection acquired in the 1980's.

All items in this auction are legal to buy/sell under U.S. statute covering cultural patrimony per United States Code 2600, CHAPTER 14 -- CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

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  • Condition: Small chip to rim on one vessel, else intact and choice!

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