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Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful selection of hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessels decorated with fine red pigment. First is a bowl with a rounded base and a shallow basin adorned with an oblong red disc bearing five circular spots. Second is a petite, round-bottomed jar with an apple-shaped body, a pair of abstract avian heads that double as handles, and vibrant red pigment around the upper half. The largest vessel is a broad bowl with squat walls, a shallow basin, and red pinstripes coursing across the orange bottom. Lucite display stands for photography purposes only. Size of largest (shallow dish): 9.4" W x 1.75" H (23.9 cm x 4.4 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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#161411

All vessels have small nicks and abrasions, with very minor fading to some areas of pigmentation, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to pigment throughout.