Lot 85D
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona region, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. A black ware vessel with a tall, wide, central spout on a ring base and a stylized bat head that looks upward with raised arms; the other end presents a spout in the form of a caiman looking upward. Little feet extend upward at each end. It stands atop a large, rounded foot - its shape mirrored in the wide mouth of the central spout. Size: 6.25" L x 10.5" W x 9.25" H (15.9 cm x 26.7 cm x 23.5 cm)
The caiman (also sometimes spelled cayman) was commonly featured in human-animal hybrid material culture of ancient Colombian artwork, as is the bat. The Tairona lived in circular house platforms with areas of the houses divided for labor by gender. Ceramic manufacture seems to have been the realm of the women in the household, and small burnishing stones used for smoothing the surface of pottery prior to firing have been found in their areas. Effigy jars like this one were made specifically to be placed into tombs.
Provenance: Ex-John Smith Collection, Roswell, GA
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- Condition: Well done and nearly invisible repairs to base and the smaller spout. Small probe hole to the foot.
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