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THBAztec Polychrome Footed Bowl - Gods and Trophy Heads
Lot 123
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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
May 24, 2018
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2018-05-24 10:00:00
2018-05-24 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Northwest Coast, Tribal, & Pre-Columbian Art
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Featuring Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Art from respected collector / dealer, Joseph Alphabet. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Art from respected collector / dealer, Joseph Alphabet. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Aztec Empire, ca. 1400 to 1521 CE. A remarkably preserved and elaborately painted bowl depicting a dancing lord surrounded by a border of repeated trophy heads. The bowl has an integrated round platform foot, ringed with round, wheel-like motifs. The painting style, especially on the interior of the bowl, demonstrates the dense, fractal imagery that made up the Aztec visual language. Rich reds, oranges, browns, and whites within black outlines create the motifs. Polychrome vessels like this one seem to have been reserved for elites, and were often made in the Aztec hinterlands and traded to Tenochtitlan. Size: 8.55" W x 2.95" H (21.7 cm x 7.5 cm)
Why are these trophy heads? The Aztec, like their neighbors the Mixtec and other cultural groups throughout the Valley of Mexico, fought constant wars to acquire prisoners. Captives and sacrificial victims had their heads removed ritually, and these were displayed publicly on specially-built racks called tzompantli. In addition to having real racks of skulls, documented extensively by Spanish chroniclers, Mesoamericans created artwork of disembodied heads that seem to relate to the same idea.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex Stuart Gentling collection, Texas, USA, painter of George W. Bush's portrait in the Texas State Capitol
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#132663Intact! With excellent remaining pigment and light surface wear commensurate with age.Condition
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