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THBAncient African Katsina Terracotta Janus Figure
Lot 159a
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Artemis Gallery
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 Gallery
Jul 11, 2019
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2019-07-11 10:00:00
2019-07-11 10:00:00
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Discover ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Fossils and Fine Art. Also featuring a wonderful collection from a prominent New York estate whose owners reside in the Van Wyck family's historic Lloyd Harbor waterfront home. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
West Africa, modern day Nigeria, Katsina culture, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. A fascinating double-faced head and neck, made of a coarse red terracotta, with a broad neck that probably once attached to an urn. One side of the face is bearded, with a prominent mouth and deep eyes underneath a heavy brow. Ears project outward from the sides of the head. The other face is of a very similar form but lacks a beard; perhaps it is intended to be a woman. The top of the head has what look like thick, raised braids along it. Size: 6.25" L x 5.25" W x 9" H (15.9 cm x 13.3 cm x 22.9 cm)
Most Katsina figures were originally attached to the tops of globular vessels, suggesting that they were intended to be funerary markers. Katsina, Nok, and Soweto artisans all created large, hollow, thin-walled, low-fired, terracotta human sculptures. The materials used were terracotta mixed with mica and quartz for longevity; figures were covered with a slip, and burnished with pebbles. For further reference, see Frederick John Lamp "Ancient Terracotta Figures from Northern Nigeria," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 2011, New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011: 48-57.
Provenance: ex-private Pearson collection, Denver, Colorado, USA; ex-Peter Arnovick collection, San Francisco, California, USA
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#147030Repaired from a few large pieces, with light overpaint along the repair lines. Nice preservation of form. Head is a fragment from a larger sculpture.Condition
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