Large Pre Columbian Mayan Pottery Authentic.
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:41526 | Material: Pottery |
Large pre columbian mayan pottery authentic.. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.---- ------ ----- ------ -------- -------- -----------Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca Complex, Quimbaya culture, ca. 100 - 500 A D hollow-built and highly-abstract pottery figure standing atop wide-set, attenuated legs and covered in red-orange slip. The convex body tapers gently to rounded shoulders and a smooth chest, and each curving arm is nicely done and smoothly shaped. The mysterious visage of sl...it-form eyes, a thin mouth, and a bulbous nose are set presented on a broad ovoid head which imbues it with an intriguing, almost extraterrestrial appearance. Size: 11 inches H. and about 11 inches through out the nose width.It is all solid and intact, the right leg seems to be attached after was brook and might need some touch up around the line. Please view provided pictures. This effegi is solid and in cat.Comes with Musium Registration sticker.For a stylistically-similar example, please see: Labbe, Armand J. "Colombia Before Columbus: The People, Culture, and Ceramic Art of Prehispanic Colombia." Rizolli International Publications, New York, 1986, p. 94, fig. 75.This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. .
