Two Chupicuaro Redware Tripod Bowls, Rattle Legs!

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A set of 2 hand-built redware pottery bowls each with a trio of hollow feet, some of which still contain their original rattle balls. The smaller bears painted spots around its rim, and the larger features raised rim nodules as well as feet decorated with black and white chevrons. Size of largest: 5.95" Diameter x 3" H (15.1 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-private Fayetteville, Arkansas estate, USA, acquired 1960 to 2024

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Condition Report: Stabilization to one fissure on smaller vessel. Each vessel with light abrasions, fading to pigment, and minor earthen deposits, otherwise intact and very good. Nice pigment remains throughout.