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THBChavin Bi-Chrome Stirrup Vessel of a Supernatural Deity
Lot 18
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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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Bidsquare : Exceptional Day 2: Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art
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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Late Cupisnique, ca. 700 to 400 BCE. Wow! An incredibly rare Chavin portrait vessel with incised and painted white and orange details. The body is in the form of a head with supernatural qualities - square frames around the inset eyes, a rectangular frame around the mouth, round, bead-like eyes, a jaguar-like snout, and fanged canines hanging over the lips. The later Moche are perhaps better known for their portrait vessels; however, clearly this tradition began earlier in Peru as the Chavin were also inspired to create portrait vessels. Though less realistic than later Moche portrait vessels, the Chavin sculptor's more abstract renderings are powerful and dramatic. Size: 4.9" W x 8.75" H (12.4 cm x 22.2 cm)
The Chavin people lived in the northern Highland Andes, and their capital, Chavin de Huantar, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The artwork of Chavin represents the first widespread style in the Andes. The center of Chavin de Huantar is a massive, flat-topped pyramid, surrounded by lower platforms. Between 1200 and 500 BCE the pyramid space was used for religious ceremonies. Perhaps the angular contours of this vessel reference that monument, while the transformative nature of the creature depicted - anthropomorphic, with clear zoomorphic characteristics - may symbolize the power of shamanism.
Provenance: ex-Merrin Gallery, New York, New York, USA; ex-private New York, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s
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#148145Professionally repaired and restored from multiple pieces. This is well done and all but invisible. Great remaining original pigment on much of the surface with light deposits.Condition
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