Excavated Pre-Columbian Olmec Pottery Cooking Vessel / Bowl, 1500 BCE - 400 BCE

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Description: A very recent consignment of a very rare, undamaged Olmec civilization pottery vessel. This is a museum-worthy specimen, with excellent integral shape and condition. The bottom displays blackened ash marks, most likely from use of cooking or heating. EX- The original excavation or time of finding is unknown. This vessel was sold in 2011 in Tucson, Arizona at a Gallery Auction of Pre-Columbian finds, and presented this piece with a date of 400 BCE.
Measures approx. 4.25" H x 5" W.
The Olmecs were the earliest known major civilization in Mexico following a progressive development in Soconusco. They lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco. It has been speculated that Olmec derive in part from neighboring Mokaya or Mixe–Zoque. The population of the Olmecs flourished during Mesoamerica's formative period, dating roughly from as early as 1500 BCE to about 400 BCE. Pre-Olmec cultures had flourished in the area since about 2500 BCE, but by 1600–1500 BCE, early Olmec culture had emerged, centered on the San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán site near the coast in southeast Veracruz. They were the first Mesoamerican civilization, and laid many of the foundations for the civilizations that followed. Among other "firsts", the Olmec appeared to practice ritual bloodletting and played the Mesoamerican ballgame, hallmarks of nearly all subsequent Mesoamerican societies.
Condition: Apparent original use and wear, well preserved and undamaged.
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