A large Colima Redware Saucer Olla
ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE Gemstones 2021 Top Ten Artists 2020

2021 Top Ten Artists 2020

Carved in the round from black serpentine

The pendant has been paired with a modern hand-plaited chain in 24K yellow gold

Melbourne1993 Northern Territory Art Award

19th Century

A large Colima Redware Saucer Olla<br><em>ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE</em> Gemstones 2021 Top Ten Artists 2020The Colima culture flourished on the Pacific coast of Mexico from about 200 BCE to 300 CE, and their ceramics are highly regarded as sculptural works portraying motion, vitality, and dynamism. This large, and impressive redware pottery olla is such an example. In the form of a large, perfect saucer, with a wide mouth and a flared lip, the vessel was burnished before firing so the surface is highly polished. The symmetry and thin walls of the clay body