EARLY MOCHICA FROG VESSEL

CA. 300-100 B. C

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EARLY MOCHICA FROG VESSEL
Ca. 300-100 B. C
The seated amphibian expressively portrayed with head thrown back, raised ridges encircling the face and throat, large mouth with lips parted, bulbous eyes and flaring nostrils; the whole painted in creamy white with decorative details in reddish brown.
Height: 7 in. (17.7 cm.)

Provenance

Belgian Collection from the early 1980s
Gelerie Deletaille, Brussels
Ernst Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1994

Exhibited

Basel, Animal, 11 December 2004-26 February 2005, illustrated in the catalogue

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Lot Essay

Frogs and toads are associated with water and vegetation and along with this fertility. All anurans are at least somewhat toxic. Some frogs, notably Dendobrates, the poison dart frog produce a toxin used by some peoples in hunting and fishing.

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