Pre-Columbian, South America, Colombia, Narino, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery bowl with a squat foot, wide walls, and a thick rim. The interior of the basin is decorated with a black ground as well as red and creamy yellow bullseye motifs in negative resist. A band of petite serrations lines the top of the rim, and the interior surfaces are undecorated. Size: 8.6" W x 3.625" H (21.8 cm x 9.2 cm)

Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection, acquired from RB Fine Arts, Tavares, Florida, USA, December 14, 2019, Lot 120

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#170865

Minor abrasions, nicks, and encrustations, with light fading to pigment, otherwise intact and very good. Nice remains of pigment within basin.