Colima Redware Gadrooned Olla - Parrot Legs
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**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel is in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylistically segmented with smooth, fine vertical ribbing, features a boldly flaring spout, and is supported by three legs in the form of parrots, birds prized for their feathers among the ancients of America. Each avian form is defined with incised and pierced ovoid eyes, curved beaks, and incised and modeled wings upon a plump body that resolves to a tapered tail. The slipped and burnished surface is truly magnificent. Moreover, art imitates life in this ceramic vessel! After all, the indigenous of Mexico used hollowed gourds for storing and serving food and drink. Furthermore, iconographically this piece is quite poignant as squashes and parrots were both symbols of fertility and abundance. Painted red surface with areas of scattered root marks and numerous manganese blooms. Larger and finer than most! Size: 15.875" W x 10.25" H (40.3 cm x 26 cm)
Provenance: Ex-Baker Collection, New Mexico, USA
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#121118
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel is in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylistically segmented with smooth, fine vertical ribbing, features a boldly flaring spout, and is supported by three legs in the form of parrots, birds prized for their feathers among the ancients of America. Each avian form is defined with incised and pierced ovoid eyes, curved beaks, and incised and modeled wings upon a plump body that resolves to a tapered tail. The slipped and burnished surface is truly magnificent. Moreover, art imitates life in this ceramic vessel! After all, the indigenous of Mexico used hollowed gourds for storing and serving food and drink. Furthermore, iconographically this piece is quite poignant as squashes and parrots were both symbols of fertility and abundance. Painted red surface with areas of scattered root marks and numerous manganese blooms. Larger and finer than most! Size: 15.875" W x 10.25" H (40.3 cm x 26 cm)
Provenance: Ex-Baker Collection, New Mexico, 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.
#121118
Condition
One leg reattached. Minor surface wear commensurate with age. Nice manganese deposits.
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Colima Redware Gadrooned Olla - Parrot Legs
Estimate $2,300 - $3,450
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