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THBMichoacan Terracotta Couple w/ Expressive Faces
Lot 110c
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Michoacan, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A charming earthenware sculpture of a couple sitting on a low bench side by side. Both figures have loincloths covering their laps, and their feet are revealed below. Nude from waist up, the woman holds a small bowl with both hands below her large pendulous breasts and leans slightly toward the man. Her face and the man's are similarly rendered with open mouths, pointed noses, and ovoid eyes, and both wear circular earspools. The woman's headdress, adorned with two rounded peaks, falls to her shoulder. The man's head is topped by a headdress that juts slightly over his face, ending above his earrings. His chest is bare except for a 'beaded' necklace, the beads delinated with incised grooves. Perhaps the woman offers the bowl to the man as part of a ceremonial ritual, a popular theme in Michoacan sculptures. A tender rendering of this couple with expressive faces and details! Size: 4.25" L x 3.5" H (10.8 cm x 8.9 cm)
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; Ex. Albert J. and Monique Grant collection, New York City, New York USA, acquired 1950s -1960s. Item # 1738
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#157717Heads and man's legs reattached, bench repaired from four ancient pieces, man's arms restored. Fine details and light earthen encrustations.Condition
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