Nayarit Bichrome Bowl & Chupicuaro Tripod Vessel,

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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit and Chupicuaro, ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE. A pair of hand-built earthenware bowls from western Mexico, each a study in restraint. The larger, attributed to Nayarit, flares from a flat base to an everted rim, its buff exterior banded in iron-red slip and carried around by a stepped-fret meander, that angular scroll motif whose terraced geometry recurs across Mesoamerican ceramic and architectural ornament alike. The interior is left plain save for a red-slipped lip. Its companion, in the Chupicuaro manner, is a shallow tripod dish, wholly coated in burnished red slip and raised on three short conical supports, the profile broken by a crisp exterior ridge below the rim. Both forms served domestic and mortuary purposes, vessels of this class recovered in quantity from West Mexican shaft-tomb and cemetery contexts as offerings accompanying the dead. Size: 2.6" H x 7.5" Diam (6.6 cm H x 19.1 cm Diam). Chupicuaro takes its name from a village on the Lerma River in Guanajuato, drowned in the 1940s by the Solis reservoir after salvage excavation exposed hundreds of burials. The cemetery yielded the polished red and red-on-buff wares now synonymous with the culture, along with the tripod supports that became one of its signatures. Nayarit belongs to the neighboring shaft-tomb tradition of Mexico's western coast, where chambers cut deep beneath the ground held the dead alongside figures, jars, and bowls. The stepped fret shared between these traditions, sometimes read as a stylized cloud, mountain, or serpent, is among the most durable design elements in Mesoamerica, surviving from Preclassic pottery into the mosaic facades of Mitla more than a millennium later. SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.).For those not using LiveAuctioneers' Live Ship program, Artemis Fine Arts offers expert in-house packing and worldwide shipping. With over 20 years of experience, our team provides careful, reliable, and affordable service. For a quick quote on this lot, please contact support@artemisfinearts.com prior to the auction, or call 720-890-7700. PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item #204191

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