c. 1500 BCE Small Round Bottomed Terra Cotta Vessel with Handle and Fine Stripe, Plus Small Second Pot hand carved dog with more color than one

with more color than one usually finds on these

and have not found another like it

Also inside a small newspaper clipping

Quite a lovely and special feeling small antique mirror

c. 1500 BCE Small Round Bottomed Terra Cotta Vessel with Handle and Fine Stripe, Plus Small Second Pot hand carved dog with more color than oneI purchased this from my favorite family run cabinet of curiosities antique shop in New Hampshire, and based on other pieces in the estate collection it came from (including Olmec, Mayan and Peruvian Chancay pieces), I believe is Pre Columbian, from Central or South America, and as shown it was found with an old tag on it noting 1500 BC, which would make it quite an early example. I have done a little looking around to try to more specifically place