Chinesco
Nayarit, Mexico
300–100 BC
Ceramic
Height 8 1/4"; Length 8"
Provenance: Cliff Baker, San Diego, CA; found together with a shark figure in the 1960s
This Chinesco effigy vessel from Nayarit takes the form of a large bird with a globular body, the head turned upward with the bill open and the tongue protruding. A second opening at the top of the body serves as the vessel mouth, and the modeled backbone is visible along the spine. The burnished redware surface retains strong, even color throughout, and the vessel is in intact condition.
The piece was found in the 1960s together with a Chinesco shark effigy vessel, suggesting the two were deposited as a pair. Chinesco ceramics are associated with the shaft tomb tradition of western Mexico, in which ceramic figures and vessels were placed as funerary offerings. The combination of naturalistic animal subjects with vessel form is well documented within this tradition.
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Chinesco
Nayarit, Mexico
300–100 BC
Ceramic
Height 8 1/4"; Length 8"
Provenance: Cliff Baker, San Diego, CA; found together with a shark figure in the 1960s
This Chinesco effigy vessel from Nayarit takes the form of a large bird with a globular body, the head turned upward with the bill open and the tongue protruding. A second opening at the top of the body serves as the vessel mouth, and the modeled backbone is visible along the spine. The burnished redware surface retains strong, even color throughout, and the vessel is in intact condition.
The piece was found in the 1960s together with a Chinesco shark effigy vessel, suggesting the two were deposited as a pair. Chinesco ceramics are associated with the shaft tomb tradition of western Mexico, in which ceramic figures and vessels were placed as funerary offerings. The combination of naturalistic animal subjects with vessel form is well documented within this tradition.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
