{"product_id":"colima-blackware-frog-effigy-bowl","title":"Colima Blackware Frog Effigy Bowl","description":"\u003cp\u003eProtoclassic Period, ca. 200 BCE–300 CE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand modeled in dark, heavily burnished earthenware fired to a deep blackware finish through reduction firing, the low, compressed bowl form encircled by a fluted collar band and set with a modeled frog's head projecting from the rim, its haunches and forelimbs rendered in low relief around the shoulder as though the amphibian were caught mid-crouch beneath the vessel's broad girth. The interior retains a wide, gently sloping floor consistent with use as a serving or ritual offering vessel, while the exterior shows the characteristic soft sheen and micro-crazing of long burial, with scattered calcareous encrustation and mineral deposits typical of West Mexican shaft-tomb contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrog and toad imagery recurs throughout Colima iconography as an emblem of fertility, water, and transformation, and the choice to integrate the effigy into the vessel's rim and body rather than as a free-standing figure reflects a well-established Colima convention of animating utilitarian forms. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 9-1\/4 in. (23.5 cm)  width x 3-1\/2 in. (8.9 cm) height\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Condition: Intact with only minor surface abrasion and no evident restoration, the blackware surface retaining strong luster across the rim and shoulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComparable frog effigy vessels from Colima are held in the Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession no. 1979.206.332) and in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum (object no. 172:1972), both affirming the enduring popularity of the amphibian motif in West Mexican ceramic art. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEx Doral FL Collector.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53968372957498,"sku":"17840","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/178400f.jpg?v=1787860496","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/colima-blackware-frog-effigy-bowl","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}