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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 13089163, member: 16283"]Found at a garage sale in Portland,OR on a table w/ repro & fantasy pre-Columbian ceramics. It caught my eye because of perceived (???) age-of course 99.9999% of theses artifacts are phony.</p><p>Polychrome surface seems to have age wear,cracking shows signs of glue,2 holes on base-with a large pea-size free rolling ball inside.Degradation of base glaze clay poss long-term ground contact ? </p><p>Shaken it makes a rattling sound-no sound when I blow on either of the large holes or the mouth slit.</p><p>Size- 7 1/2" lngth X 4 3/4" wdth X 3 1/4" ht.</p><p>Any opinions or info welcome-thanks !</p><p>PS- Will be hitting garage sales for nxt 3-5 hrs, sorry if incommunicado.[ATTACH=full]558429[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558431[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558435[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 13089163, member: 16283"]Found at a garage sale in Portland,OR on a table w/ repro & fantasy pre-Columbian ceramics. It caught my eye because of perceived (???) age-of course 99.9999% of theses artifacts are phony. Polychrome surface seems to have age wear,cracking shows signs of glue,2 holes on base-with a large pea-size free rolling ball inside.Degradation of base glaze clay poss long-term ground contact ? Shaken it makes a rattling sound-no sound when I blow on either of the large holes or the mouth slit. Size- 7 1/2" lngth X 4 3/4" wdth X 3 1/4" ht. Any opinions or info welcome-thanks ! PS- Will be hitting garage sales for nxt 3-5 hrs, sorry if incommunicado.[ATTACH=full]558429[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558431[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558435[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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