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.)

来源

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

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

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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.