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THBChancay Pottery Figural Vessel
Lot 96a
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Fine Arts
Dec 6, 2018
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2018-12-06 10:00:00
2018-12-06 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : DAY 2 : Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic & Fine Art
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/artemis-gallery/day-2-pre-columbian-ethnographic-fine-art-3699
Day 2 of an important 2-dy auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
Day 2 of an important 2-dy auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery jar depicting a seated anthropomorphic figure. Above the rounded base is a pair of curved legs, depicted in relief on the rotund abdomen, which is painted with a background of orange-red pigment. Above, the body is incised, perhaps indicating a collar or pectoral. The figure has an upright posture with the arms also in relief on the middle of the body, holding at the center a small kero with painted linear motifs on its rim. Raised ovoid eyes, a pinched nose, broad cheeks, and enormous earspools comprise the stylized visage, and an intricate headdress with multiple applied vertical projections surrounds the mouth of the vessel. Thick swaths of black pigment adorn the cheeks and area around the eyes as well as the headdress. A round indentation between the legs likely represents female genitalia. This figure, perhaps an aristocrat or a priestess, is shown imbibing chicha, a type of fermented corn beer; the vessel itself would have contained chicha as a funerary offering. Size: 7.5" W x 15.85" H (19 cm x 40.3 cm)
Provenance: private Allison collection, Kent, Washington, USA, inherited in the mid-1970s
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#140641Intact, with wear on surface commensurate with age. Nice remaining pigment and light deposits on surface.Condition
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