Colima Redware Jar - Hunchback Figure w/ Tump Line
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**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel depicting a hunchbacked figure whose back consists of a large, spherical vessel held aloft by a tump line wrapped around the forehead. A segmented column along the verso represents the figure's spine as it protrudes out from the skin, and the entire vessel sits upright via a third 'leg' emanating from the underside. Size: 6.25" L x 6.5" W x 4.9" H (15.9 cm x 16.5 cm x 12.4 cm)
Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Lost World Artifacts, Acworth, Georgia, USA
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#181656
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel depicting a hunchbacked figure whose back consists of a large, spherical vessel held aloft by a tump line wrapped around the forehead. A segmented column along the verso represents the figure's spine as it protrudes out from the skin, and the entire vessel sits upright via a third 'leg' emanating from the underside. Size: 6.25" L x 6.5" W x 4.9" H (15.9 cm x 16.5 cm x 12.4 cm)
Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Lost World Artifacts, Acworth, Georgia, USA
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.
#181656
Condition
Repair to one leg, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Abrasions and nicks commensurate with age, with light fading to pigment, and earthen deposits in scattered areas, otherwise in good condition. Nice preservation to overall form.
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Colima Redware Jar - Hunchback Figure w/ Tump Line
Estimate $400 - $600
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