Dimensions: 3 ¾ inches tall, 6 inches wide, weighs 478 grams. Provenance: Ex. Private Chicago collection. Ex. Jerome Grunes, MD., 1970’s. To family by descent. Ex. Arte Primitivo Gallery, Downtown Manhattan, New York City 2024. Description: Museum quality chocolate ware pottery straight walled bowl having a flat bottom. Decorated with four vertical columns of triangular, linear and geometric design. Overall scattered surface deposits. A very minor v-chip in the rim, Stable age cracks, otherwise intact. Manganese Dioxide Reactivity Test: Positive results indicative of approximately 1500 years of underground burial.
SIGNED: Unsigned COLOR: Chocolate DATE OF CREATION: Pre-1800 MATERIAL: Clay & Dough REGION OF ORIGIN: Yucatan Peninsula MAKER: Pre-Columbian Potter CREATED: Approximately 500 to 800 AD SIZE TYPE/LARGEST DIMENSION: 3 ¾ inches tall, 6 inches wide, weighs 478 grams. PROVENANCE 3: Ex Arte Primitivo Art Gallery, Downtown Manhattan, NYC 2024. AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE: Lifetime TYPE: Bowls LISTED BY: The Chapman Collection MANGANESE DIOXIDE REACTION TEST RESULTS: Positive reaction indicative of about 1500 years of burial PROVENANCE 2: To family by descent. PROVENANCE 1: Ex. Private Chicago collection. Ex. Jerome Grunes, MD., 1970’s. ORIGINAL/REPRODUCTION: Original STYLE: Pre Columbian AREA OF ORIGIN: Yucatan Peninsula
