Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A fabulous pair of hand-built pottery bowls, both coated in black glaze beneath a lustrous burnish. The larger of the two presents a hemispherical body, a double-tiered shoulder, and a wide, flared rim, all sitting upon a round yet stable base. A lovely incised design adorns the shoulder - comprised of a triangular pattern with vertical striations decorating the lower tier and four horizontal bands of dashed lines on the higher tier. Exhibiting a similar base, body, and rim, the smaller vessel displays an angular shoulder of only one tier, also embellished by an incised abstract motif of two parallel zigzag lines above a series of short vertical striations. Size of largest: 8.875" W x 5.875" H (22.5 cm x 14.9 cm)

Please not that the Lucite stands are for photography purposes only.

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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#163572

  • Condition: Larger vessel has been repaired from at least three pieces with light restoration and repainting over break lines, as well as two chips to rim. Expected nicks/chips and scratches to both, commensurate with age. Otherwise, very nice.

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