Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely pottery bowl of hemispherical form, painted with a 7-petaled flower centered on the base and a band of striped lozenge motifs that surrounds the rim. The skillfully painted flower is likely an American or yellow lotus flower and represents why this style of pottery is known as Chinesco; due to its stylistic similarities to the art of the Chinese, who are well known for their frequent aesthetic incorporation of the lotus flower. The interior is enveloped in black slip that nicely contrasts the beige and burnt orange hues of the exterior. Size: 7" Diameter x 4.3" H (17.8 cm x 10.9 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Ida L. collection, Mt. Vernon, New York, USA, acquired in the 1970s - 1980s

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#177788

Professionally repaired and restored with areas of repainting. Great surface wear. Otherwise, very nice presentation and great pigments.