Ancient Pre-Columbian Colima Redware Ceramic Gourd Vessel Circa 100 BC Ex-Museum Sold using frottage

using frottage

This late 1600s pair of Spanish albarelli are of cylindrical waisted form and having a wide slightly flared mouth

both are in excellent condition

a renowned platform for artists of the time

Ancient Pre-Columbian Colima Redware Ceramic Gourd Vessel Circa 100 BC Ex-Museum Sold using frottageAn important large Pre Columbian Colima gourd with parrots, Comala style Protoclassic, circa 100 BC, Ex Museum collection. This beautifully burnished redware fluted vessel depicts domesticated or wild squash which are one of the many vegetable forms seen in the Comala style from Colima. Here parrots forming tripod supports eagerly nibble into the fruit. The vessel was collected in the late 19th century and latterly was housed in a museum and de