Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan area, Tarascan culture, ca. 1350 to 1521 CE. A wonderful hand-built redware pottery vessel known as a tzin tzun tzan (also tzin tzan tzun) with a round yet stable base, a compressed circular body, a brief, narrow neck, and a flared rim surmounted by an arching strap handle. A lovely conical spout slopes upward from the shoulder edge on one side of the vessel. The shoulder of the ancient vessel is additionally adorned with abstract linear, spiral, and stippled motifs in white paint, while parallel red stripes course around the lower body. Size: 7.25" in diameter x 7.5" H (18.4 cm x 19 cm)

Provenance: ex Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998

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#165954

  • Condition: Remains of collection labels on base. Handle repaired from at least 4 pieces with break lines visible. Otherwise, excellent with impressive remaining pigments.

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