A FINE OLMEC POLYCHROME LONG NECKED VESSEL

Preclassic, Circa 1200-900 B.C.

This carved, incised, gadrooned, and pigmented globular vessel, with long neck and three colors, is a handsomely burnished vase with sporadic  ancient  root markings within the  beautiful surface patina.

ORIGIN

Guerrero region of Mexico.

DIMENSION

10.75 inches (27.3 cm.); Diameter: 7.5 inches (19 cm.).

PROVENANCE

Stendahl Gallery, Hollywood, CA, sold in 1991. This object is sold with a copy of the receipt from Stendahl Gallery, having sold for $4,270.

2) The Frederick Waingrow Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Los Angeles, formed in the 1980s-1990s.

CONDITION

Excellent.