**Originally Listed At $250**

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A beautiful pedestal bowl resting on a flared foot with a tall neck, covered in a cream slip decorated with interlacing curvilinear motifs in red and black. By using a bit of imagination one can see an abstract reptilian or insect motif on the interior of the bowl, with spiny or barbed darts that hint at the dangerous or protective symbolism of the creature. Size: 10.75" Diameter x 6" H (27.3 cm x 15.2 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#173482

Repaired from multiple pieces, and loss to base and bowl as shown. Fading and losses to painted pigments. Mineral and earthen deposits inside base.