Argentinian Belen Earthenware Jar w/ Wave Motifs
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**Originally Listed At $300**
Pre-Columbian, Argentina, Catamarca region, Belen culture, ca. 1200 to 1476 CE. A hand-built earthenware jar of a sizable form with a narrow, concave base, a carinated midsection with a pair of ring handles, a sloped shoulder with a pair of protruding nodules, and a flared rim surrounding the deep interior basin. The iron-oxide-hued vessel bears ample black-painted decorations including groups of vertical lines inside the rim, zigzagging columns leading towards the base, and cresting wave-form motifs around the shoulder. Size: 9.6" W x 8.75" H (24.4 cm x 22.2 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, USA; ex-collection of Imre and Nicholas T. Molnar, acquired between 1960-1978, by descent
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.
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#150798
Pre-Columbian, Argentina, Catamarca region, Belen culture, ca. 1200 to 1476 CE. A hand-built earthenware jar of a sizable form with a narrow, concave base, a carinated midsection with a pair of ring handles, a sloped shoulder with a pair of protruding nodules, and a flared rim surrounding the deep interior basin. The iron-oxide-hued vessel bears ample black-painted decorations including groups of vertical lines inside the rim, zigzagging columns leading towards the base, and cresting wave-form motifs around the shoulder. Size: 9.6" W x 8.75" H (24.4 cm x 22.2 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, USA; ex-collection of Imre and Nicholas T. Molnar, acquired between 1960-1978, by descent
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.
#150798
Condition
Nicks and abrasions to base, body, handles, and rim, with fading to original pigmentation, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and nice traces of original pigment throughout.
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Argentinian Belen Earthenware Jar w/ Wave Motifs
Estimate $550 - $825
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