Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants antique dexterity game a cow at left

a cow at left

and closer to $100 to L

in the literal sense--I can't possibly imagine possessing the skill

animating the surface in just the right way

Executed in watercolor

Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants antique dexterity game a cow at leftI'm not knowledgable enough about pre Columbian pottery to identify where this bowl came from, but it was identified to me as Central American. I immediately fell in love with the remnants of painted decoration on it, which, as positioned in my first photo, suggests an excellent skull and crossbones sort of mask at center. (Or perhaps a cat with a very pointy chin!) And then a triangle pointing to the rim, with what looks a bit like a figure in