Fine Cocle Polychrome Olla

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Ancient | Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

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Mar 4, 2021

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• Lot Description
  Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle, Macaracas type, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A striking, hand-built pottery vessel presenting a round yet stable base and a voluminous body that narrows to a cylindrical neck, and a circular, flared rim. Adorned with applied pigments of amethyst, sienna, and black on a light orange ground, the exterior of the ancient vessel features an abstract, maze-like pattern of one reptilian creature and four insect-like figures displaying target motif eyes, long mouths with jagged teeth, slender bodies, and several sets of legs. A skillfully painted border of a tab-like pattern decorates the top of the rim. The extensive use of black, white, and red pigment is typical of fine Cocle artistry, and the addition of purple is characteristic of the Macaracas style. Size: 6.875" in diameter x 6.5" H (17.5 cm x 16.5 cm)
  
  According to scholar Samuel Kirkland Lothrop, "The Gran Cocle culture is a Pre-Columbian archaeological culture that gets its name from the area from which it was based, the now present-day Cocle province of Panama. The Gran Cocle term applies to a loosely studied group of Native American sub-cultures in this region, identified by their pottery styles. The overall period spans a time from 150 B.C. to the end in the 16th century A.D. upon Spanish contact. The most ancient culture is the La Mula period from 150 B.C. to 300 A.D. The La Mula and later Monagrillo and Tonosí pottery styles are identified by their use of three paint colors which were black, red and white (or cream). The later Cubitá style saw the emergence of the use of four colors. The styles of Conte, Macaracas and Joaquín added purple to their palette and this hue ranged from grayish tones to red purple. The use of purple disappeared in the subsequent styles of Parita and El Altillo and the paint style reverted to the use of three colors. Most notable in the artistic renderings are the overt use of geometric designs." (For more information, see Armand Labbe, "Guardians of The Life Stream: Shamans, Art and Power in Prehispanic Central Panama" - Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, University of Washington Press, 1995)
  
  Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-John Shaeffer collection, Australia, before 2000
  
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  Condition

  Collection label on bottom. Expected surface wear commensurate with age, as shown. Otherwise, excellent and intact with impressive remaining pigments and lovely earthen and manganese deposits throughout.
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