A Chupicuaro Redware Tripod Avian Bowl, Pre-Classic Period, ca. 400 - 100 BCE Paintings The Art Floor

The Art Floor

Provenance:  Estate of Peter H

tapering vessel features a rolled rim

Of cylindrical form

handsome weapon

A Chupicuaro Redware Tripod Avian Bowl, Pre-Classic Period, ca. 400 - 100 BCE Paintings The Art FloorA large anthropomorphic tripod bowl, standing on three tapered legs, the head of a bird with hollow eyes and curved beak at one end and a rounded tail at the other, the exterior covered in the characteristic West Mexican red slip. Chupcuaro is a late Pre Classic archaeological culture located in west central Mexico. It was a major ceramic center, recognized as one of the best in Mesoamerica, and best known for its bold polychrome ceramics Medium: