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Zacatecas Painted Terracotta Bowl - PF.2773
Origin: Western Mexico
Circa: 250
AD
to 550
AD
Dimensions:
14.25" (36.2cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Zacatecas
Medium: Terracotta
$7,500.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Imagine an ancient culture ruled by chieftains
and served by the people. Organized armies, a
powerful religion and the daily joys and sorrows
that invariably make up the lives of the people
from Nayarit. One glance at this beautiful bowl
tells us these are not savage people who lived
like primitive man. This bowl is nearly flawless.
This is definitely the work of a skilled craftsman,
who might have passed this bowl on to a priest
to make offerings to the gods. Its power is
magical, its size benefiting such an important
purpose as a religious ceremony leads us to
believe that the gods were indeed pacified.
- (PF.2773)
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