A large Colima Redware Saucer Olla
ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE Gemstones Dimensions: Length: 21 inches (53

Dimensions: Length: 21 inches (53

NYC and then to family by descent

Royaumes sur le Nil 1997 (Exhibition in Munich

"Art Before Columbus" (1963) and "Sweat of the Sun and Tears of the Moon: Gold and Silver in Pre-Columbian Art" (1965)

A large Colima Redware Saucer Olla<br><em>ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE</em> Gemstones Dimensions: Length: 21 inches (53The Colima culture flourished on the Pacific coast of Mexico from about 200 BCE to 300 CE, and their ceramics are highly regarded as sculptural works portraying motion, vitality, and dynamism. This large, and impressive redware pottery olla is such an example. In the form of a large, perfect saucer, with a wide mouth and a flared lip, the vessel was burnished before firing so the surface is highly polished. The symmetry and thin walls of the clay body