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Panamanian Polychrome Jar w/ Serpents, ex-Museum

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Panamanian Polychrome Jar w/ Serpents, ex-Museum

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Description

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a petite size with a spherical body and a squat, red-painted rim. The cream-hued body is adorned with a quartet of black-painted serpents bearing spiraling bodies and triangular heads, and a slight bulge protrudes from the tightly coiled tail of each snake. Size: 4.7" W x 4.875" H (11.9 cm x 12.4 cm)

Display stand shown in photos is for photography purposes only.

Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998

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#166332

Condition

Minor nicks, abrasions, and surface wear to rim and body, with fading to scattered areas of pigment, and light encrustations within body, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to exterior pigment and serpent motif.

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Panamanian Polychrome Jar w/ Serpents, ex-Museum

Name: Panamanian Polychrome Jar w/ Serpents, ex-Museum
SKU: 109220054
Price: 400 USD
Availability: InStock

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