Lot 161
Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Classic Period, ca. 300 to 900 CE. A nice example of a hand-built pottery bowl with a shallow basin surrounded by squat, thick walls, all atop a quartet of hollow, rectangular legs that serve as petite rattles. Presented in black, red, and orange pigment atop the highly burnished, tan-hued ground, the exterior of the vessel is decorated with intricate linear and curvilinear motifs, sun-form motifs around the base of each leg, and an abstract zoomorphic head protruding from the front, perhaps representing a turtle. The basin interior is adorned with a nude, right-facing figure standing upon large feet while holding one arm to the mouth, and the figure is enclosed within concentric circles, a register of black and orange spots, and linear motifs surrounding the walls. Size: 8.875" W x 4" H (22.5 cm x 10.2 cm)
Provenance: Barakat Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA acquired before 2000
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#170884
- Condition: Small chips to rim and some feet, with abrasions and light fading to pigment, and encrustations within some recessed areas and some sound holes beneath feet, otherwise intact and very good. Great remains of decorations. Feet still retain rattle balls that create a bright sound when jostled. Old inventory label beneath body.
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