3 Nayarit Chinesco Pottery Vessels
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**Originally Listed At $300**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine ensemble of 3 hand-built pottery vessels with highly burnished surfaces and ochre hues. First is a flat-bottomed cup or bowl with an apple-shaped body, a thick rim, and a deep basin. Next is a gourd-shaped jar with bulging walls and a gently flared rim. The largest vessel is a carinated jar with a slightly concave base, a rounded shoulder, and a tall, thick rim. Size of largest (carinated jar): 6.7" W x 5.4" H (17 cm x 13.7 cm)
Provenance: private Arcadia, California, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
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.
#162398
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine ensemble of 3 hand-built pottery vessels with highly burnished surfaces and ochre hues. First is a flat-bottomed cup or bowl with an apple-shaped body, a thick rim, and a deep basin. Next is a gourd-shaped jar with bulging walls and a gently flared rim. The largest vessel is a carinated jar with a slightly concave base, a rounded shoulder, and a tall, thick rim. Size of largest (carinated jar): 6.7" W x 5.4" H (17 cm x 13.7 cm)
Provenance: private Arcadia, California, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
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.
#162398
Condition
Rim of gourd-shaped vessel reattached to top of shoulders, with repair to small chip on top of rim, and resurfacing with overpainting along break lines; cup and carinated jar are intact and very good. Each piece has minor abrasions and nicks to rims, with light fading to surface pigment. Nice smooth surfaces to carinated jar and gourd-shaped jar. Old inventory label beneath base of each vessel.
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3 Nayarit Chinesco Pottery Vessels
Estimate $500 - $750
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