Colima coloquinte vase

3D Model

Globular shape, topped by a circular neck with a flattened edge.

The coloquinte is supported by three characters. They are each dressed in a simple pantyhose. Each of the characters has the right knee on the ground, retaining the colocynth with his left hand. Head, very representative of the Colima culture with a ritually deformed skull. The skulls of the figures are decorated with ornamental elements in high relief. This pumpkin-shaped ceramic therefore rests on its feet, which certainly represent three elegant dwarf acrobats in the form of caryatids.

Height : 22 cm Width : 22.5 cm

Ceramic with brown-red slip, well polished, traces of black manganese oxides.

Origins : Colima valley in the basins of the Armería and Coahuayana rivers, Colima culture, protoclassic, west mexico, 100 BC - 250 AD