Narino Pottery Bowl w/ Abstract Figural Motif
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Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca region, Narino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl with a wide body atop a petite circular foot. The interior of the deep basin is decorated with circular and linear negative-resist motifs as well as a pair of abstract anthropomorphic figures. One half of the basin bears a brown-and-cream decoration with the other covered with a layer of red pigment. Size: 7.6" W x 4" H (19.3 cm x 10.2 cm).
Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#145444
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca region, Narino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl with a wide body atop a petite circular foot. The interior of the deep basin is decorated with circular and linear negative-resist motifs as well as a pair of abstract anthropomorphic figures. One half of the basin bears a brown-and-cream decoration with the other covered with a layer of red pigment. Size: 7.6" W x 4" H (19.3 cm x 10.2 cm).
Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#145444
Condition
Small losses to foot, with minor abrasions to rim and body, fire-darkening along the exterior, light encrustations, and a couple of stable hairline fissures, and fading to original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits throughout.
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Narino Pottery Bowl w/ Abstract Figural Motif
Estimate $500 - $700
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