Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a spherical form that is supported by a trio of abstract parrot legs. Each parrot is of a hollow form and features a compact tail and wings that rest below the upturned heads. The highly burnished vessel exhibits a squat, flared rim as well as a rounded underside, and faint remains of black pigment indicate that the vessel was decorated with an intricate linear or geometric motif. Size: 9.25" W x 6.1" H (23.5 cm x 15.5 cm)
Exhibited at the Marjorie Barrick Museum, UNLV, early 2000s
Provenance: private Elkton, Oregon, USA collection, purchased on June 14, 2021; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA (auction 102, June 14, 2021, lot 92); ex-private Nevada, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Arkansas, USA, 1950s to 1960s, collection #M386; exhibited at the Marjorie Barrick Museum, UNLV, early 2000s
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Condition
Rim repaired and restored from several pieces, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and nicks across body, rim, and legs, with small chip to side of beak of one parrot, encrustations along bottom of body, and extensive fading to black painted decorations. Nice remains of red pigment and parrot forms. Old inventory label and old collection number beneath bottom of body.