Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Property from the Collection of Andy and Deborah Williams
Colima Double-Headed Snake Vessel, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250
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November 22, 07:28 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Property from the Collection of Andy and Deborah Williams
Colima Double-Headed Snake Vessel, Protoclassic, circa 100 BC - AD 250
Length: 12 in (30.5 cm)
Andy Williams, California, acquired from the above on June 25, 1985
Andy and Deborah Williams, California
The large central oval vessel merges into the lively snakes issuing from each side, each with mouths slightly agape as if hissing. Their bodies are speckled with etched markings.
For the double-headed snake type in the Proctor Stafford Collection, see Michael Kan, Clement Meighan, H. B. Nicholson, Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, The Proctor Stafford Collection, Los Angeles, 1970 (reprinted 1989), p. 159, cat. no. 167.