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THBChavin Spouted Vessel - Fish Form, Jaguar Head
Lot 132
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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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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Quebrada Cupisnique, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A remarkable and quite rare pottery vessel in the form of an abstract animal with the head of a jaguar and body of a serpent or fish. Surmounted by a characteristically thick stirrup spout, the fascinating zoomorph presents a fierce visage with arched brows, bulging eyes, a snarling snout, and sharp fangs. His curved body tapers at the end, as though leading to a tail that was cut off, while incised concentric circles known as circle-stamp motifs adorn the body. Size: 8.3" L x 6.1" W x 10.2" H (21.1 cm x 15.5 cm x 25.9 cm)
Transformative figures that combine human and animal, especially feline, abound in ancient Peru, and seem to have been associated with shamanic, hallucinogenic rituals as well as the human desire to draw upon the fierce power of the animal. In ceramic artwork like this, that manifests itself in depictions of humans with specific animal-like components - a rounded snout or fierce fangs. Lanzon, the chief deity of Chavin, is carved on a towering stone stelae kept inside the labyrinthine Old Temple, one of the earliest built parts of the massive, flat-topped pyramid at the center of the Chavin capital, Chavin de Huantar. Lanzon is depicted with a jaguar head, a human body, and eyebrows and hair made of snakes. Modern viewers and archaeological accounts are rife with complaints that Lanzon in his current position in the temple is difficult to see, crammed into a space where one has to crane one's neck and push back against a wall to try to take in the full figure. It therefore seems likely that Chavin worshippers were drawn to contemplate and worship individual features of the god - the mouth, the hairline, the eye - rather than considering it as a whole.
Provenance: private Ferndale, Michigan, USA collection; ex-private Detroit, Michigan, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000
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#182122Professionally repaired with restoration and repainting over break lines; all done very well and difficult to discern. Some light surface wear as shown, but otherwise excellent presentation with nice remaining detail and mineral deposits to surface.Condition
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