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THBChavin Pottery Bottle w/ Incised Trophy Heads
Lot 17
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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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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 Gallery 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 Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru in the Jequetepeque Valley, Chavin, Tembladera, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. One of the more striking and rare examples of ancient pottery I have seen from this region! A sizeable brownware vessel - with a rounded, flat bottomed body that features four incised trophy heads with sections of their profile images delineated in high relief - placed equidistantly and jutting out around the shoulder. Head-taking was a significant component of ancient Peruvian warfare and religious mythology. A warrior could increase his might and status by capturing prisoners for head-taking. Notice that the mouths are pinned. According to scholar Paul A. Clifford, the fact that the lips of trophy heads are pinned shut " . . . implies that head-taking might mean the acquisition of a slain enemy's power or the prevention of his soul or spirit from harming the killer. Pinning lips shut on the trophy head could inhibit the loss of the soul or power embodied within the head." (Art of the Andes, 1983, p. 251) Size: 8" W at widest point x 9.375" H (20.3 cm x 23.8 cm)
Tembladera pottery is an understudied subject; however, a few interesting theses address this subject. See, for example, Julia T. Burtenshaw-Zumstein's "Cupisnique, Tembladera, Congoyape, Chavin: A Typology of Ceramic Styles from Formative Period Northern Peru, 1800-200 BCE" - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7441/94b54cefa79089fa982048ff95d62fe20fa6.pdf
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany
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#148343Professionally repaired from multiple pieces with restoration over the break lines - so skillfully executed and difficult to discern. Collection label on underside of base.Condition
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