Panamanian Gran Cocle Frutera Mythical Creatures
**Originally Listed At $600**
Pre-Columbian, Panama, Gran Cocle, Cubita Period, ca. 550 to 700 CE. A beautiful pedestal bowl with cream slip decorated with purple, red, and black negative painting. This type of bowl, known as a "frutera," has a flared pedestal about half the diameter of the bowl, a long neck between pedestal and bowl, and a brightly-colored surface. Like much of the surviving pottery from this period, this frutera has striking and original artwork: the pedestal and neck have diamond-pattern designs while the interior of the bowl depicts several mythological creatures. By using a bit of imagination and squinting a bit one can see an abstract avian and a mammalian lizard in negative in the top panel with a unknown creature with large downturned mouth, whiskers and feather-like appendages in the lower panel. Drugs may have played a role in the creation of this piece! Size: 8.75" W x 8" H (22.2 cm x 20.3 cm)
Provenance: ex Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired from Haigs of Rochester 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.
#164318
Condition Report: Base repaired from about 10 pieces, top plate intact and with paint still quite strong.
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**Originally Listed At $600**
Pre-Columbian, Panama, Gran Cocle, Cubita Period, ca. 550 to 700 CE. A beautiful pedestal bowl with cream slip decorated with purple, red, and black negative painting. This type of bowl, known as a "frutera," has a flared pedestal about half the diameter of the bowl, a long neck between pedestal and bowl, and a brightly-colored surface. Like much of the surviving pottery from this period, this frutera has striking and original artwork: the pedestal and neck have diamond-pattern designs while the interior of the bowl depicts several mythological creatures. By using a bit of imagination and squinting a bit one can see an abstract avian and a mammalian lizard in negative in the top panel with a unknown creature with large downturned mouth, whiskers and feather-like appendages in the lower panel. Drugs may have played a role in the creation of this piece! Size: 8.75" W x 8" H (22.2 cm x 20.3 cm)
Provenance: ex Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired from Haigs of Rochester 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.
#164318
Condition Report: Base repaired from about 10 pieces, top plate intact and with paint still quite strong.
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