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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely pair of pottery vessels from West Mexico: a Colima jar and a Nayarit bowl. The bowl is slipped in a red and orange hue with a faint linear pattern across the exterior, and the jar is a deep umber hue with manganese deposits throughout. Pottery and vessels like these are some of the only remains that we have today of a sophisticated and unique culture in West Mexico - they left no above-ground monuments or sculptures, at least that we know of, which is in strong contrast to developments elsewhere in ancient Mesoamerica. Instead, their tombs were their lasting works of art: skeletons arrayed radially with their feet positioned inward, and pottery effigies and wares such as this, full of offerings and possessions surrounding. Size of jar: 5.5" Diameter x 6.25" H (14 cm x 15.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010

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#174839

Chip to rim on jar and stable fissure to exterior base of bowl. Both are otherwise intact without repairs. Fading and nearly indiscernible motifs on bowl. Manganese deposits across jar and mineral deposits on interior.