Lot 0133

Colima Pottery Ocarinas, Bird Form (pr)

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Item Details

Description

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery whistles, each depicting a stylized avian creature. The darker whistle exhibits a crescent-shaped mouthpiece, and the larger redware bird bears a pair of tone holes atop the back. Both still create high-pitched sounds when played. Size of largest (redware): 2.71" L x 1.32" W x 1.76" H (6.9 cm x 3.4 cm x 4.5 cm)

Provenance: ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York City, New York, USA, before 2010

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#183937

Condition

Darker whistle with repair to neck; redware whistle is intact. Each with light abrasions and nicks, with fading to red pigment on darker whistle, otherwise in great condition. Whistles still produce pleasing sounds.