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West Mexican Pottery Incised Cylinder Vessel
West Mexican Pottery Incised Cylinder Vessel
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Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A well-preserved ceramic cylinder vessel, incised with highly abstract motifs resembling human heads with serpent-like bodies. The mouth of the vessel is wide and the base rounded; chevrons and diamonds, also incised, circle the unpronounced rim above a border of three incised lines. A cylinder like this was probably made for to be placed into one of the incredibly distinctive shaft tombs of this region. Size: 6.25" W x 6" H (15.9 cm x 15.2 cm)

Provenance: ex Dr. George Wald, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, acquired in the 1960s. Dr. Wald was the recipient of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the retina

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#127002
Condition
Tiny chip from rim, but otherwise in good condition, with light surface scratching. Nice root marks, especially on interior. Well preserved motifs.
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West Mexican Pottery Incised Cylinder Vessel

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