Colima
Crayfish vase
Colima, 300-400
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, 7 1/2 × 14 15/16 in. (19 × 38 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation, Upper Nyack, New York
Object Number
2005.120
Carinated base with bulbous neck, and wide outflaring rim. The shoulder bears four exquisitely sculpted crayfish. The surface is red slipped and burnished to a brilliant, smooth patina.
Information supplied by donor places this object in the McGinty Collection prior to its 5/24/05 sale at DeRoch Gallery, Piedmont, CA.
Markings: Black magic marker underside of base. Three old sticker labels underside: one is blank, one reads "$600," one reads "Colima TNN-MM. $6000."
