Tlatilco Blackware Pottery Bulbous Bottle

Tlatilco, Pre-Columbian, Mexico. Tlatilco Burnished Long-Neck Bottle Basin of Mexico, Early to Middle Formative Period, ca. 1200–800 BCE A hand-built bottle with a globular body on a rounded base and a tall cylindrical neck with a thickened, rounded rim. This elegant form is characteristic of the burial offerings found at Tlatilco, one of the most important early village sites in Central Mexico, known for its fine pottery and figurines. The surface is carefully burnished to a soft sheen in brown-black, with natural firing clouds from grey to warm reddish brown. The proportions are well balanced, with a crisp transition at the shoulder. Item # 205603

Estimate:$300

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