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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely pair of two hand-built pottery ocarinas exhibiting abstract zoomorphic forms. First is a redware pottery ocarina depicting an abstract canine standing atop four attenuated legs with a narrow head that doubles as the instrument's mouthpiece. The larger sculpture depicts a rotund animal, perhaps an armadillo, with a downcast head and a slender snout held with both forepaws. Both instruments emit fine sounds when air is blown into the mouthpieces. Size of largest (brownware): 4.2" L x 2.25" W (10.7 cm x 5.7 cm)

Provenance: ex-Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired February 1, 2007 (redware) and before 2010 (brownware); (redware) ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Florida, USA collection; (brownware)

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#163936

Both pieces have minor nicks and abrasions, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to overall forms. Both pieces emit a nice sound when played.