Lot 0085

Colima Pottery Baby Bird Vessel - So Sweet!

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Colima Pottery Baby Bird Vessel - So Sweet!

Item Details

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100% of the Buyer's Premium of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals!

**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable redware pottery vessel in the form of an endearing round-bottomed baby bird with its head raised and beak open, calling for food from its mama. Note the petite wings protruding from either side, not to mention that nubby tail. A remarkable handbuilt and modeled form of gorgeous redware with some darker areas due to firing conditions and a lovely burnished finish, perfect for any bird watchers out there! Size: 2.3" in diameter x 2.75" H (5.8 cm x 7 cm)

Provenance: private Los Angeles County, California, USA collection, acquired by descent from the owner's father, collection amassed between 1950-1990

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Condition

Intact, with a few small chips, nicks, and scratches from the surface commensurate with age, notably around the bill and on one side. Old collection label on the underside.

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