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THBChimu Wood Nude Male Figure w/ Red & Black Pigments
Lot 98b
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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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Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A wooden figure of a man standing nude displaying a slender body with slightly bent legs, prominent genitalia, and arms akimbo. Supported by broad shoulders, his giant head features a minimalist visage comprised of amygdaloid eyes beneath a heavy brow, a slender nose, and a petite smile. A pair of incised striations underline his eyes, suggestive of advancing age, while red and black pigments adorn his head and groin. Size: 4.2" W x 13.6" H (10.7 cm x 34.5 cm); 14.8" H (37.6 cm) on included custom stand.
According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The Chimu flourished between ca. A.D. 1000 and 1470, when they were conquered by the Incas. At their height, they dominated some 800 miles of Peru's arid North Coast. The dry conditions of this coastal desert allows for the preservation of organic materials such as wood and cloth - materials that in most other parts of the Americas would not have survived centuries exposed to the elements or buried in the ground. Figural sculptures made of wood were installed at entrances to buildings on the North Coast, including the palaces of Chan Chan, the capital of the Chimu kingdom (see MMA.1979.206.774). Such figures have also been found in tombs, including a pair found in a burial dated to the Chimú-Inca period (A.D. 1470-1532) at Samanco, in the Nepeña Valley (Helmer 2015:fig. 4.22)."
Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979.206.346.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950 to 1960s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#110354Loss to proper right foot. Some stable stress fissures, as well as expected light surface wear. Otherwise, excellent with nice pigments.Condition
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