Rio Magdalena Pottery Female Vessel Lid
**Originally Listed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Rio Magdalena culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery lid of a sizable form meant to top an even larger burial urn. The width of the hemispherical base is meant to comfortably rest atop a vessel rim and supports a highly stylized female figure. Displayed nude and in natural buffware, the woman presents with her sex exposed between bent legs as she rests both upturned hands - each holding an abstract object - atop her knees. Her breasts and navel protrude from her body beneath a delineated clavicle, and her bulbous head features puffy eyes, an open mouth with a petite tongue, cupped ears with discoid ornamentation, and a coiffure that rests high on the brow. Faint remains of white and black pigment suggest this figure was painted with vibrant colors at one time. Size: 7.875" W x 12.875" H (20 cm x 32.7 cm)
Provenance: private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired through descent; ex-private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired at auction and from private collections from 1965 to 1970
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.
#164150
Condition Report: Repairs to lid base and several areas of figure, with chipping and losses in some areas as shown, and adhesive residue along most break lines. Chips, spalls, and abrasions to lid base as well as figure's limbs, body, and head, with several hairline fissures across composition, fading to most pigment, and light encrustations. Good root marks beneath lid, and faint remains of original pigment across figure.
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**Originally Listed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Rio Magdalena culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery lid of a sizable form meant to top an even larger burial urn. The width of the hemispherical base is meant to comfortably rest atop a vessel rim and supports a highly stylized female figure. Displayed nude and in natural buffware, the woman presents with her sex exposed between bent legs as she rests both upturned hands - each holding an abstract object - atop her knees. Her breasts and navel protrude from her body beneath a delineated clavicle, and her bulbous head features puffy eyes, an open mouth with a petite tongue, cupped ears with discoid ornamentation, and a coiffure that rests high on the brow. Faint remains of white and black pigment suggest this figure was painted with vibrant colors at one time. Size: 7.875" W x 12.875" H (20 cm x 32.7 cm)
Provenance: private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired through descent; ex-private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired at auction and from private collections from 1965 to 1970
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.
#164150
Condition Report: Repairs to lid base and several areas of figure, with chipping and losses in some areas as shown, and adhesive residue along most break lines. Chips, spalls, and abrasions to lid base as well as figure's limbs, body, and head, with several hairline fissures across composition, fading to most pigment, and light encrustations. Good root marks beneath lid, and faint remains of original pigment across figure.
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