Colima Pottery Portrait Vessel w/ Helmet
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel in the shape of a portrait head. The vessel exhibits a slightly convex but stable base, a hemispherical body with raised decorations, and a conical spout protruding from the verso. The obverse bears a stylized anthropomorphic face, perhaps that of a warrior, with puffy cheeks and forehead, an upturned nose, pursed lips, and coffee-bean-shaped eyes. An intricate helmet rests atop the head with a peaked frontal brim as well as two pairs of scalloped flanges. Size: 4.25" W x 4.5" H (10.8 cm x 11.4 cm)
Provenance: private Healy collection, Studio City, California, USA; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA, before 2010
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#166563
Condition Report: Repair and possible restoration to portion of spout exterior, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Small nicks and light pitting to face, helmet, spout, and base, with fading to pigment in scattered areas, and light encrustations. Nice preservation to face and helmet. Old inventory labels as well as old black-painted inventory number beneath base.
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel in the shape of a portrait head. The vessel exhibits a slightly convex but stable base, a hemispherical body with raised decorations, and a conical spout protruding from the verso. The obverse bears a stylized anthropomorphic face, perhaps that of a warrior, with puffy cheeks and forehead, an upturned nose, pursed lips, and coffee-bean-shaped eyes. An intricate helmet rests atop the head with a peaked frontal brim as well as two pairs of scalloped flanges. Size: 4.25" W x 4.5" H (10.8 cm x 11.4 cm)
Provenance: private Healy collection, Studio City, California, USA; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA, before 2010
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#166563
Condition Report: Repair and possible restoration to portion of spout exterior, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Small nicks and light pitting to face, helmet, spout, and base, with fading to pigment in scattered areas, and light encrustations. Nice preservation to face and helmet. Old inventory labels as well as old black-painted inventory number beneath base.
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