Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, ca. 1350 to 1521 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl of a tall form exhibiting a round but stable base, gradually expanding walls, and a thin rim surrounding the deep basin. Highly burnished and presented in hues of red and khaki, the vessel presents broad decorations across the exterior surfaces including 2 panels of abstract, lobed forms, perhaps depicting zoomorphs like octopi, as well as 2 X-shaped panels with petite speckled forms within each open area, perhaps seeds or other phytomorphic forms. Size: 8.375" Diameter x 4.5" H (21.3 cm x 11.4 cm)
Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010
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Condition
One large hairline fissure stabilized with a knotted string through two holes, as well as with adhesive along the fissure itself. Minor abrasions to interior and exterior surfaces. Great luster and surface smoothness throughout, and nice preservation to pigment on exterior. Old inventory label beneath base.