Colima Vessels - Redware Bottle + Brownware Flask
Similar Sale History
View More Items in FlasksRelated Flasks
More Items in Flasks
View MoreRecommended Tableware & Barware
View MoreItem Details
Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery vessels, each with stone-burnished surfaces bearing hues of either dark brown or red and orange. The brownware vessel features incised vertical grooves that create a floral presentation, and the larger vessel exhibits an enlarged mastoid profile with a slender neck. Size (redware): 7.2" W x 10.5" H (18.3 cm x 26.7 cm); (brownware): 4" W x 4.7" H (10.2 cm x 11.9 cm)
Provenance: private Cheshire, Connecticut, USA collection, by descent, acquired in 1965; ex-Armando Hecht collection, Mexico City, Mexico
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.
#183214
Provenance: private Cheshire, Connecticut, USA collection, by descent, acquired in 1965; ex-Armando Hecht collection, Mexico City, Mexico
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.
#183214
Condition
Both with light abrasions and earthen deposits, with scattered pitting, otherwise intact and very good. Great surface smoothness and preservation to forms.
Buyer's Premium
- 27.5%
Colima Vessels - Redware Bottle + Brownware Flask
Estimate $800 - $1,200
2 bidders are watching this item.
Shipping & Pickup Options
Item located in Louisville, CO, usOffers In-House Shipping
Local Pickup Available
Payment
Accepts seamless payments through LiveAuctioneers
Auction Curated By
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
TOP