CHORRERA PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRA COTTA BLACK SPOUTED JAR WITH SHORT HANDLE, DECORATED WITH MALE HEAD,Ecuador, 1000-500 B.C.- 6 in. x 7 in. Estimate $400-500
PROVENANCE: Private collection acquired from antique shops in Bogota, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador, and San Jose, Costa Rica, during the late 1960s-early 1970s when owner was working for World Bank in those countries. Collection was authenticated by Betty Meggars, Latin American Archaeologist at the Smithsonian Institute