Colima Redware Vessel, Peyote Cactus Form
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Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel enveloped in a umber-red slip, with rounded nodules protruding slightly from the surface. The body balances upon a narrow foot; perhaps the overall form is intended to resemble a peyote cactus which has psychoactive properties that may have been used in religious and spiritual rituals. Vessels like this example were primarily used in funerary rituals as many have been found deposited in shaft tombs across the region. Size: 7" Diameter x 5.25" H (17.8 cm x 13.3 cm)
Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Dorothy Leofsky collection, Placerville, California, USA, acquired July 2009
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#181662
Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Dorothy Leofsky collection, Placerville, California, USA, acquired July 2009
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.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#181662
Condition
Chip to rim and minor surface abrasions, otherwise intact and excellent. Earthen and mineral deposits, with remains of root / vegetation.
Buyer's Premium
- 26.5%
Colima Redware Vessel, Peyote Cactus Form
Estimate $800 - $1,200
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Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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