Lot 222
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A trio of painted pottery vessels, each with fun details. The smallest is round-bodied, polychrome in red, cream, and black, with a coffee-bean featured face projecting from the upper shoulder of the the vessel and a wide flared neck and rim. The second is a low bowl with a rolled rim, painted a dark red on base, rim, and interior; around the middle of the exterior is a design of low bumps. The third is a small tripod vessel, echoing the form of the smallest vessel with a bulbous body and wide, flaring rim; it echoes the decoration of the other vessel with red on the interior, rim, and lower body. Above each tripod leg is a small applied monkey, posed as if they are holding onto a vine in the jungle, heads turned to face the viewer. Size: 4" W x 3.9" H (10.2 cm x 9.9 cm)
Provenance: Ex-Meek collection, acquired before 1990
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- Condition: Smallest one is intact, with some wear to pigment. Middle sized is repaired from multiple pieces, with most pigment remaining. Largest is intact aside from loss to bottom of one leg of tripod; despite loss, figure stands on its own.
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