Costa Rica - Nicoya Peninsula
800 - 1250 AD
Height 11 7/8" Diameter 10 1/2"
Provenance: Peter H. Tillou, CT acquired 1990's
This amazing Pataky polychrome ceramic vessel portrays a seated human, a shaman, transformed into their jaguar spirit companion form. Polychrome decorated pottery vessel in the form of a crouching jaguar, with loop arms and paws resting on its knees. Open toothy mouth with a rattle ball in its mouth, openwork tail support, rattles incorporated in the legs. Painted ocher cream ground with very elaborate black and red orange zoomorphic and geometric decoration. Extensive mineral deposits on the surface.. Rear tail support, right leg and jaguar head reattached, body repaired from a few large original pieces, with restoration over break lines. A very large and absolutely magnificent example. A true masterpiece of Pre Columbian art. Definitely one of the finest known examples in the corpus of Costa Rican art.
Publication: Tillou Pre Columbian Ceramics Collection, 1998 John T. & Peter J.Smith with text by Marianne Huber. Illustrated with four full page illustrations.
Costa Rica - Nicoya Peninsula
800 - 1250 AD
Height 11 7/8" Diameter 10 1/2"
Provenance: Peter H. Tillou, CT acquired 1990's
This amazing Pataky polychrome ceramic vessel portrays a seated human, a shaman, transformed into their jaguar spirit companion form. Polychrome decorated pottery vessel in the form of a crouching jaguar, with loop arms and paws resting on its knees. Open toothy mouth with a rattle ball in its mouth, openwork tail support, rattles incorporated in the legs. Painted ocher cream ground with very elaborate black and red orange zoomorphic and geometric decoration. Extensive mineral deposits on the surface.. Rear tail support, right leg and jaguar head reattached, body repaired from a few large original pieces, with restoration over break lines. A very large and absolutely magnificent example. A true masterpiece of Pre Columbian art. Definitely one of the finest known examples in the corpus of Costa Rican art.
Publication: Tillou Pre Columbian Ceramics Collection, 1998 John T. & Peter J.Smith with text by Marianne Huber. Illustrated with four full page illustrations.
