Tairona Ceramic Serpent Effigy Vessel and rebirth

and rebirth

a time when the city flourished as one of Magna Graecia’s wealthiest and most artistically sophisticated mints

Height: 6 1/2"

undisturbed archaeological patina with natural copper oxidation ranging from deep greens to earthen browns

Natural patina consistent with age

Tairona Ceramic Serpent Effigy Vessel and rebirthPre Columbian Tairona Zoomorphic Pottery Vessel Northern Colombia, c. AD 9001500 A striking and highly sculptural ceramic vessel from the Tairona culture of northern Colombia, masterfully modeled in the form of a coiled zoomorphic creature, likely serpentine or crocodilian in character. The dynamic form rises upward in a graceful arc, terminating in a stylized head, while a small cylindrical spout emerges from the upper body, connected by a bridge a