A good-sized round-bottomed Chupicuaro jar, Mexico, c. 500 - 0 B.C.

A good-sized round-bottomed Chupicuaro jar, Mexico, c. 500 - 0 B.C.

Code: 0771

£225.00

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.