COCLE LONG-NECKED DECORATED VESSEL

拍品描述

Ca. AD 800 - 1200. A polychrome pottery vessel with a long, cylindrical neck rising from a tapered bulbous body and terminating in a wide, flaring rim. The surface is painted in red and black, with three encircling bands adorning the neck. The upper body is decorated with a continuous frieze of swirling motifs resembling stylised claws, executed in bold curves and nested contours. Size: 330mm x 210mm; Weight: 1.8kg Provenance: Private UK Collection; Ex. Estate of Peter H. Tillou, CT., acquired 1990?s. To family by descent. Published: Tillou Pre-Columbian Ceramics Collection (very limited edition) - John T. & Peter J. Smith with text by Marianne Huber. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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