Colombian Rio Magdalena Pottery Urn Base
**Originally Listed At $200**
Pre-Columbian, Northern Colombia, Rio Magdalena, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A huge, hand-built terracotta urn with a flat base, a tall, cylindrical body, and a rolled rim. A decorative program of segmented, tendril-form lines as well as a pair of abstract lizards detail the rim exterior. This vessel would have once had a highly-detailed anthropomorphic lid, as is common with Rio Magdalena urns of this type. Size: 8.75" W x 11" H (22.2 cm x 27.9 cm).
Provenance: ex-private Boulder, Colorado, USA collection;ex-private Denver, Colorado USA collection; ex-HDE Enterprise, 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.
#127801
Condition Report: Restored from dozens of pieces with some small losses, new earthen material, and adhesive residue along the break lines. Age-commensurate surface wear, fading to decorative program, and light roughness to surfaces. Great earthen deposits, mineral deposits, and root marks throughout.
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**Originally Listed At $200**
Pre-Columbian, Northern Colombia, Rio Magdalena, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A huge, hand-built terracotta urn with a flat base, a tall, cylindrical body, and a rolled rim. A decorative program of segmented, tendril-form lines as well as a pair of abstract lizards detail the rim exterior. This vessel would have once had a highly-detailed anthropomorphic lid, as is common with Rio Magdalena urns of this type. Size: 8.75" W x 11" H (22.2 cm x 27.9 cm).
Provenance: ex-private Boulder, Colorado, USA collection;ex-private Denver, Colorado USA collection; ex-HDE Enterprise, 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.
#127801
Condition Report: Restored from dozens of pieces with some small losses, new earthen material, and adhesive residue along the break lines. Age-commensurate surface wear, fading to decorative program, and light roughness to surfaces. Great earthen deposits, mineral deposits, and root marks throughout.
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