Adorable Tairona Pottery Ocarina - Bird Form
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**Originally Listed At $250**
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Tweet, tweet, tweet! An endearing brownware ocarina depicting a sweet songbird, elaborately decorated with impressed and incised detailing, including four finger holes at the front and a blow hole at its tail end. According to Armand Labbe's "Colombia Before Columbus" (1986), "Although Tairona pottery in general is well made and the sculptural lines are well defined, Fine Brown Ware tends to be the best executed and evinces the most detail with respect to incised decoration and distinction of forms." Size: 2.875" L x 3.25" W x 2.625" H (7.3 cm x 8.3 cm x 6.7 cm)
For similar avian ocarinas created by Tairona peoples, see Labbe "Colombia Before Columbus" New York: Rizzoli, 1986, figure 164, page 194.
Provenance: private Atlanta, Georgia collection
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#124079
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Tweet, tweet, tweet! An endearing brownware ocarina depicting a sweet songbird, elaborately decorated with impressed and incised detailing, including four finger holes at the front and a blow hole at its tail end. According to Armand Labbe's "Colombia Before Columbus" (1986), "Although Tairona pottery in general is well made and the sculptural lines are well defined, Fine Brown Ware tends to be the best executed and evinces the most detail with respect to incised decoration and distinction of forms." Size: 2.875" L x 3.25" W x 2.625" H (7.3 cm x 8.3 cm x 6.7 cm)
For similar avian ocarinas created by Tairona peoples, see Labbe "Colombia Before Columbus" New York: Rizzoli, 1986, figure 164, page 194.
Provenance: private Atlanta, Georgia collection
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.
#124079
Condition
Normal surface wear with a few scuffs/nicks and small loss to tail, but otherwise excellent and whistles beautifully.
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Adorable Tairona Pottery Ocarina - Bird Form
Estimate $500 - $700
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