COLIMA RED POLISHED WARE FIGURAL VESSEL C.200BC-300AD

Of deer form with oblong round section body with ring tail. The neck and head with facial details resembling the more common dog figures. Back strap handle and conical filler. The face is perforated to serve as a sprinkler when the vessel is filled with water. Red polished finish with remnants of black detail including black stripes to the handle. The antler bases with evidence of restored cracks. Intriguing variant of the Colima redware figures which are largely of dogs. Those figures have been found in the shaft burials of the period. The bottom with old collection tag.