A large Colima Redware Saucer Olla
ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE Gemstones 2021 Top Ten Artists 2020

2021 Top Ten Artists 2020

seated on an integral oval base

and large ears

The artistry

NYC and then to family by descent

A large Colima Redware Saucer Olla<br><em>ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE</em> Gemstones 2021 Top Ten Artists 2020The 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