Code: 0771
Description: A good-sized round-bottomed Chupicuaro jar with two small pierced lug handles below the rim, the vessel painted with red geometric decoration on a cream ground. Two inoffensive rim chips and an elongate probe hole on the shoulder, some patchy surface wear, particularly on the base, otherwise condition good.
Size: 125 mm/4.8 ins. high
Culture: Central Mexico
Date: c. 500 - 0 B.C.
Provenance: Previously in the collection of Anne and Richard Sharpe, Connecticut, USA, and acquired by them more than 40 years ago.