Description:

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Zapotec, Monte Alban, ca. 400 BCE to 200 CE. An interesting hand-built blackware vessel molded into a zoomorphic form! Puckered lips, dorsal crest, and gill like ridges / impressed lines to the sides of the slitted eyes suggest an anthropomorphized fish. The Zapotec, like many pre-Columbian civilizations, placed clay effigies into burials, some in the form of urns or vessels, others simply figural. This intriguing visage may represent a deity, but more likely, this vessel represents an ancestor or spirit. Size: 5.7" Diameter x 6.5" H (14.5 cm x 16.5 cm)

Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010; ex-private US collection, imported prior to 1970

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#174857

  • Condition: Losses to protruding facial features and chips to high pointed areas. Surface abrasions and wear throughout. Stable hair line fissure radiating from rim. No repairs or restoration. Felt pads added to base for stability.

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