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Calima Ilama Pottery Figural Alcarraza, TL Tested

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Calima Ilama Pottery Figural Alcarraza, TL Tested

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Description

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Valle Del Cauca, Calima culture, Ilama phase, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery alcarraza vessel covered in red slip and exhibiting an intriguing and characteristically abstract anthropomorphic body. The vessel features a slightly rounded but stable base, a wide piriform body, a pair of conical spouts and a strap handle emanating from the verso, and a tall 'neck' that doubles as the figure's head. A pair of applied arms bend across the front of the vessel, and a pair of tab-shaped feet extend from the base. The stylized visage features a pair of slender, almond-shaped eyes with petite pupils, a slender nose, a frowning mouth, and a pair of tubular ear ornaments, all beneath a lozenge-shaped hat that has a pinched brim section off to one side. Size: 6.75" W x 8.7" H (17.1 cm x 22.1 cm)

This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Arte Textile, San Francisco, California, USA

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Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.

#169726

Condition

Possible repairs to both ears, but repairs are expertly concealed if present. Small areas of loss to pinched hat brim, with chips to both spout rims, handle, hat, and nose, with fading to slip coloration in some areas, light encrustations, and some small spalls. Nice preservation of overall form. TL drill holes beneath body and beneath 1 ear ornament.

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Calima Ilama Pottery Figural Alcarraza, TL Tested

Name: Calima Ilama Pottery Figural Alcarraza, TL Tested
SKU: 123858917
Price: 650 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $1,000 - $1,500

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