Olmec Pottery Vessel with Baby Faces
$ 1,800.00
Category: Pre-Columbian Art Sub Category: Mexico - Olmec and Pre-Classic Cultures Culture or Country: Mexico. Period: Ca. 400 B.C. Size: 6-3/8”H. Description: Mottled tan-brown pottery double sided vessel with youthful faces, depicted with large round recessed eyes and pudgy cheeks, sharing one set of ears. Ovoid opening in the top...
| Category: | Pre-Columbian Art |
| Sub Category: | Mexico - Olmec and Pre-Classic Cultures |
| Culture or Country: | Mexico. |
| Period: | Ca. 400 B.C. |
| Size: | 6-3/8”H. |
| Description: | Mottled tan-brown pottery double sided vessel with youthful faces, depicted with large round recessed eyes and pudgy cheeks, sharing one set of ears. Ovoid opening in the top of the vessel. Some remaining traces of ocher and cream pigment highlights. Scattered mineral deposits on the surface. Old losses to both ears, shallow rim chip, otherwise intact. A rare type. |
| Provenance: | Collection of Albert J. and Monique Grant, NYC., acquired 1950s-60s, collection #V20. |
