Lot 114
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona region, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. A large burnished blackware double-spouted vessel with huge conical spouts that join at gently diagonal angles to a small, ovoid body. The body sits on an ovoid foot. An arched strap handle connects the two spouts. 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. Jars like this one were made specifically to be placed into tombs, perhaps filled with libations. Size: 11.4" W x 8.5" H (29 cm x 21.6 cm)
Published in "Colombia Before Columbus," by Armand J. Labbe, 1986, p. 188, fig. 154 (right piece).
Provenance: private Vaught collection, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ex-private Kramer collection, Georgia, USA, and published in Labbe's "Colombia Before Columbus" (1986)
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- Condition: Repaired from three large pieces, with overpainting along the repair lines. These repairs are well done and very difficult to see.
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