Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guanajuato River Valley, Chupicuaro culture, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A lovely pottery bowl of a rare form comprised of 3 coils resembling the body of a snake supported by a pedestal foot, all enveloped in highly-burnished, burnt sienna pigment. Rows of nodules as well as black-painted alternating triangular motifs line each coil, while petite perforations encompass the foot. The basin itself is shallow with thick walls that curve inward from the bottom and then out to a gently flared rim. Size: 6.3" Diameter x 2.8" H (16 cm x 7.1 cm)

Provenance: ex-Scollard Auctions, Brea, California, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA, July 31, 2020, lot 45 (1 of 2); ex-private Nevada, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Arkansas, USA, 1950s to 1960s

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#177512

Some light surface wear as shown, but otherwise intact and excellent with nice remaining pigments and burnish. Root marks and old collection labels to underside of base.