**Originally Listed At $250**

Pre-Columbian, border of Ecuador and Colombia, Narino, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. An adorable hand built earthenware vessel with the upper section assuming the form of a frog or some other zoomorphic creature presenting a gaping mouth and protruding nose as its coffee bean eyes look skyward, and a globular lower body, all adorned in complex black on red negative resist abstract geometric decorations. Comes with attractive tripod stand. Size: 5.625" in diameter x 5.625" H (14.3 cm x 14.3 cm)

According to Armand J. Labbe, in his description of similar examples, "This is a common genre in the Americas. Ethnographic evidence based on the cultures of Indians from the forests of South America suggests that these figures may be petitioning the heavens for rain." (Labbe, "Colombia Before Columbus: The People, Culture, and Ceramic Art of Prehispanic Colombia"New York: Rizzoli, 1986, figure 122, page 142.)

Provenance: private Atlanta, Georgia collection

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Expected surface wear with areas of pigment loss as shown. Nice manganese deposits on surface.