PRE-COLUMBIAN TAIRONA POTTERY JAR

Ca. AD 1000 - 1500 > A Tairona pottery jar with a rounded lower body and broad cylindrical neck, embellished with a modelled human face and small projecting elements near the rim. Tairona communities developed in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region of northern Colombia. Their ceramics combine skilled modelling with a rich vocabulary of human and animal forms. Vessels belonged to domestic and ceremonial life. > > Size: 165mm x 155mm; Weight: 645g > Provenance: Private Rhineland Collection since 1960s. > >

Estimate:£180

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