Colima Vessels - Redware Bottle + Brownware Flask - Jan 11, 2024 | Artemis Gallery In Co
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Colima Vessels - Redware Bottle + Brownware Flask
Colima Vessels - Redware Bottle + Brownware Flask
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Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery vessels, each with stone-burnished surfaces bearing hues of either dark brown or red and orange. The brownware vessel features incised vertical grooves that create a floral presentation, and the larger vessel exhibits an enlarged mastoid profile with a slender neck. Size (redware): 7.2" W x 10.5" H (18.3 cm x 26.7 cm); (brownware): 4" W x 4.7" H (10.2 cm x 11.9 cm)

Provenance: private Cheshire, Connecticut, USA collection, by descent, acquired in 1965; ex-Armando Hecht collection, Mexico City, Mexico

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#183214
Condition
Both with light abrasions and earthen deposits, with scattered pitting, otherwise intact and very good. Great surface smoothness and preservation to forms.
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Colima Vessels - Redware Bottle + Brownware Flask

Estimate $800 - $1,200
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Starting Price $400
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Artemis Gallery

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Auction Curated By
Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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