Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful hand-built compact polychrome bowl set atop a trio of hollow triangular shaped legs. The basin's exterior boasts a highly burnished surface with a wonderfully painted linear motif accented by rectangular blocks in red, cream, and black pigments. The finely crafted legs are cream colored, minimalist in design yet quite striking because of their hollowed cut formation - completing a multifaceted silhouette effect. Size: 7" Diameter x 4" H (17.8 cm x 10.2 cm)

Provenance: private Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, USA collection, before 2000

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#164727

Light chipping to painted motif in scattered areas. Dark pigmentation has collected on portion of the exterior as shown. Otherwise, in good overall condition and fully intact.