Description:

Pre-Columbian, Panama, Coclé, Montijo period, ca. 500 to 600 CE. This olla has decorative panels with large reptilian, other zoomorphic, and geometric designs in red and black on an unpainted background. Similarly decorated pieces held in museums depict unnamed sky deities (often crocodilian, serpents, dragons, or other beasts with spirals in their bodies) and/or constellations with cosmological significance to their creators. Size: 14"L x 14"W x 12"H.

Provenance: Ex-private Rousseau collection, Durango, CO, acquired before 1984.

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  • Condition: The decoration on this olla is beautifully preserved and the zoomorphic elements, in particular, are very clearly rendered. There is minor chipping across the lip and decorated body of the olla, but it does not obscure the artwork. A major section of the undecorated base has been repaired. One side, mostly below the decoration, shows signs of having been burned but the damage is not extensive.

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