Western Mexico, Colima Culture, 100 BC - 250 AD - Important ceramic libation vase
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Western Mexico
Colima Culture, 100 BC - 250 AD
Important ceramic libation vase
Dimensions excluding base: 18.8 x 21 cm
From a set from a private collection
Traces of manganese oxide, restorations to be made
The cylindrical container has sides with flat surfaces tinted in brick red colour as well as a wide beveled neck with the same colouring. The body consists of small spikes suggesting the thorns
covering the trunk of the kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra).
In many Mesoamerican cultures, the kapok tree is an emblematic tree in more ways than one. Being able to reach 70 meters high, one of its traits is its branches which are almost perpendicular to
the
trunk, symbolizing in this case the 4 directions of the world. Thus in Mayan cosmogony, it is the most sacred tree, the terrestrial representation of the tree of life, the Yaxch'e tree which
draws
its roots from the Nine Depths of the Lower Worlds, crossing our Intermediate World to finally rise above the canopy and support from its branches, the Thirteen Heavens of the Upper World.
This type of ceramic from the Colima culture, like those of the Nayarit and Jalisco peoples, comes from well graves that developed in Western Mexico between 100 BC and 250 AD. These cultures had
the
particularity of building tombs under their homes, a long vertical well connecting the surface to the family vault which could contain numerous burial plots. The offerings of the tombs with
wells
consisted of statuettes and everyday ceramic objects offering, for our eyes a wide overview of the customs of the period.
Colima Culture, 100 BC - 250 AD
Important ceramic libation vase
Dimensions excluding base: 18.8 x 21 cm
From a set from a private collection
Traces of manganese oxide, restorations to be made
The cylindrical container has sides with flat surfaces tinted in brick red colour as well as a wide beveled neck with the same colouring. The body consists of small spikes suggesting the thorns
covering the trunk of the kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra).
In many Mesoamerican cultures, the kapok tree is an emblematic tree in more ways than one. Being able to reach 70 meters high, one of its traits is its branches which are almost perpendicular to
the
trunk, symbolizing in this case the 4 directions of the world. Thus in Mayan cosmogony, it is the most sacred tree, the terrestrial representation of the tree of life, the Yaxch'e tree which
draws
its roots from the Nine Depths of the Lower Worlds, crossing our Intermediate World to finally rise above the canopy and support from its branches, the Thirteen Heavens of the Upper World.
This type of ceramic from the Colima culture, like those of the Nayarit and Jalisco peoples, comes from well graves that developed in Western Mexico between 100 BC and 250 AD. These cultures had
the
particularity of building tombs under their homes, a long vertical well connecting the surface to the family vault which could contain numerous burial plots. The offerings of the tombs with
wells
consisted of statuettes and everyday ceramic objects offering, for our eyes a wide overview of the customs of the period.
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