Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Caribbean/Florida, Taino/Arawak people, ca. 15th century CE. A set of five hand-built pottery vessels from ancient West Mexico and the Caribbean. First are three Taino pottery bowls with abstract heads protruding from either side and incised curvilinear motifs along the exterior walls. Next is a Taino jar with a flat base and similar abstract details flanked with incised exterior motifs. The largest vessel is a spherical jar of Colima origin with a round but stable base as well as highly burnished surfaces adorned with red-brown slip. Size of largest (Colima Jar): 7.2" W x 6.5" H (18.3 cm x 16.5 cm)

Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966

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#155036

  • Condition: Repair to one head of one Taino bowl, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines; remaining four items are intact and very good. All items have minor abrasions and encrustations, with fading to pigment of Colima Jar, and stable fissures on some Taino vessels. Nice earthen deposits throughout.

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