Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca region, Narino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A wonderful pair of pottery vessels of substantially different forms and sizes. The first is of sizeable form with an ovoid body, a round shoulder, a narrow neck, and a flared rim, all supported by a rounded base. Beautiful bands of red and cream pigments on an orange ground wrap horizontally around the body. An intriguing, openwork handle comprised of 4 strips of clay connects the rim and shoulder. Alternatively, the second vessel is of a petite size and exhibits an anthropomorphic form with a flat base and outward sloping walls that rise to a carinated shoulder, narrow neck, and inward-curved rim. The neck of the vessel is decorated with features of a human face including an open mouth, a projecting nose, and slender eyes, while the jar's body is embellished with abstract designs of negative resist latticework and parallel striations on a burnt sienna ground. Please note that Lucite stand is for photography purposes only. Size of largest: 6.75" in diameter x 12.25" H (17.1 cm x 31.1 cm)

Provenance: private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired through descent; ex-private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired at auction and from private collections from 1965 to 1970

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#164146

Chips and losses to rim of larger vessel. Chip to nose of smaller vessel. Remnants of liquid previously held by vessel on interior of smaller. Both have nicks, abrasions, and scratches, commensurate with age. Otherwise, both are intact with nice remaining pigments. Lovely manganese deposits throughout larger vessel.