Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca region, Narino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery bowls, 1 with a conical foot and the other with a trio of tubular legs, with the basin of each vessel decorated with elaborate curvilinear and abstract zoomorphic motifs executed via the negative-resist technique. Size of largest: 9.36" Diameter x 4.7" H (23.8 cm x 11.9 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-private Estate collection, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, acquired 1960 to 2024

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Professional repair and restoration to both vessels, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Each vessel with light earthen deposits, fading to original pigment, and