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THBChancay Bichrome Standing Figure
Lot 125a
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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
Oct 8, 2020
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2020-10-08 10:00:00
2020-10-08 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Exceptional Antiquities, Asian, Ethnographic
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Museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal,Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A tall standing hollow-molded clay cuchimilco ("guardian figure") skillfully painted with black pigment on a cream ground with both arms raised, supinated hands, and a thick torso atop two straight legs and small feet. Its conical head sports an expressive visage consisting of wide open, lined, almond-shaped eyes, a sharp straight nose with wide nostrils, vertical striations adorning the cheeks, a jutting chin, thin raised lips, and pierced round ears presumably for suspending ornaments perhaps made from bird feathers and shells. The figure is dressed in a white belt adorned with a black-painted geometrical motif that wraps around the waist of the figure, two white breast coverings above protruding nipples and an impressed navel, and a headband matching the belt, which dips in the back to support a striped backpack holding a smaller identically dressed character, likely a child. An intriguing piece of Chancay culture! Size: 7.25" L x 5" W x 16.5" H (18.4 cm x 12.7 cm x 41.9 cm)
Found in burial sites, particularly of those of nobility, archaeologists believe cuchimilco were intended to ward off evil spirits and energies.
Provenance: private New York, USA collection from 1966
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#159188A few stable hairline fissures, notably horizontally along the neck and around the eyes, with light fading to original pigment. Nose has been reapplied and has small chip on bridge. Great earthen deposits and remains of pigment throughout.Condition
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