Mixtec Polychrome Tripod Rattle Jar w/ Geometric Motifs
Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Mixtec people, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jar of an attractive form with a series of polychrome decorations adorning the upper body. The broad piriform vessel rests atop a trio of rounded nubbin legs and has a gradually tapered upper body that terminates at a thick rim that surrounds the mouth. Embellishing the upper body is a register of repeating, inversely corresponding stepped motifs that are enclosed within brown and white bands along the bottom as well as brown and beige bands with red accents on top. Two of the hollow legs still retain petite pottery balls that create rattling sounds when jostled. Size: 6.5" W x 7.375" H (16.5 cm x 18.7 cm)
Provenance: private Arcadia, California, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000
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.
#163741
Condition Report: One leg reattached to bottom of body with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines; this leg no longer contains its rattle ball. Minor abrasions and several spalls to body and rim, with abrasions and fading to pigment, and light encrustations. Nice craquelure to painted area of upper body. Two legs still contain petite balls that rattle when jostled. Old foam padding panel beneath body from previous display.
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Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Mixtec people, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jar of an attractive form with a series of polychrome decorations adorning the upper body. The broad piriform vessel rests atop a trio of rounded nubbin legs and has a gradually tapered upper body that terminates at a thick rim that surrounds the mouth. Embellishing the upper body is a register of repeating, inversely corresponding stepped motifs that are enclosed within brown and white bands along the bottom as well as brown and beige bands with red accents on top. Two of the hollow legs still retain petite pottery balls that create rattling sounds when jostled. Size: 6.5" W x 7.375" H (16.5 cm x 18.7 cm)
Provenance: private Arcadia, California, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000
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.
#163741
Condition Report: One leg reattached to bottom of body with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines; this leg no longer contains its rattle ball. Minor abrasions and several spalls to body and rim, with abrasions and fading to pigment, and light encrustations. Nice craquelure to painted area of upper body. Two legs still contain petite balls that rattle when jostled. Old foam padding panel beneath body from previous display.
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