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THBZapotec Pottery Incensario of a Deity
Lot 118
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
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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, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and 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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Pre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, ca. 600 to 800 CE. An intricately rendered terracotta incensario in the form of a seated deity, with an open cylindrical receptacle emerging from his back. The figure is shown with legs crossed, hands on knees, and both fingers and toes carefully delineated. He wears an incised headdress or stylized coiffure, large earspools, a nose ornament, a multi-layered pectoral, and a draped skirt that hangs from his waist over his legs. Many cultures at this time were producing ceremonial incensarios (censers), but Monte Alban's in particular were often so anthropomorphized that from the front they can be difficult to distinguish from sculpture. Scholars posit that such figural censers were created to leave offerings for deceased elite members of society. Size: 5.5" L x 6.375" W x 6.625" H (14 cm x 16.2 cm x 16.8 cm)
Provenance: private Cincinnati, Ohio, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s
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#162428Chips to peripheries of rim, headdress/coiffure, base, feet, and some other high-pointed areas. Section of pectoral and section of skirt have been reattached, and there is some loss to the lower end of the skirt. There are nice traces of white pigment on the sinuous bracelets and skirt. Normal surface wear commensurate with age. Scattered deposits.Condition
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