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THBCocle Polychrome Vase w/ Saurians
Lot 83a
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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
Jan 24, 2019
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2019-01-24 10:00:00
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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A beautiful pottery vase with a hemispherical base, a rounded shoulder, a wide, tubular neck, and a flared rim with a rolled lip. The vessel is covered in a pale-orange slip with rings of black and red pigment encircling the neck and lower shoulder. The upper shoulder boasts a register of intricately-painted curvilinear motifs, and a pair of abstract saurian creatures dwell inside two of the four ovoid forms. The rim is decorated with concentric circles and projecting triangular elements. Size: 7.75" W x 9" H (19.7 cm x 22.9 cm).
To the ancient Panamanians, these exquisitely painted motifs would have conjured a known mythic or Shamanic being. The composition of this design is comprised of these fantastical life forms in combination with geometric bands of red and black. Geometric design elements such as these were imbued with powerful symbolism, although the cognitive intent of these has largely been forgotten or is no longer known. As for the color scheme, it is a binary construct with black symbolizing the female and red symbolizing the male.
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#141553Vessel repaired from multiple large pieces with some restoration, resurfacing, overpainting, and adhesive residue along break lines. Minor nicks and abrasions to base, body, neck, and rim, and fading to areas of original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits, manganese blooms, and root marks throughout.Condition
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