Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A wonderful handmade pottery vessel exhibiting a rare figural form with a bulbous body, a narrow neck, and a wide, flared rim, all sitting upon a cylindrical, concave foot. Boasting a warm hue of sienna, the ancient jar is skillfully adorned with applied strips of clay that give it an anthropomorphic appearance, such as a pair of circular eyes with pierced pupils, a triangular nose, full lips, and two rectangular ears on the neck of the vessel, as well as a pair of slender arms with risen shoulders and diagonally incised striations, which are found on the shoulder of the vessel. Opposite the charming visage is a delightful pointed handle that connects the neck and shoulder. Note how the surface sparkles in the sunlight from natural inclusions of mica throughout the clay! Size: 5.25" W x 5.75" H (13.3 cm x 14.6 cm)

Provenance: ex-private New York, USA collection, before 2000

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#147346

Small chip to rim. Some expected nicks/chips and resurfacing in areas, commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with lovely earthen and manganese deposits throughout.