Colima Pottery Seated Male Figure

Lot 145

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Warehouse Clear Out - Ancient & Ethnographic by Artemis Gallery

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Warehouse Clear Out - Ancient & Ethnographic

By Artemis Gallery

Dec 20, 2018

Set Reminder 2018-12-20 10:00:00 2018-12-20 10:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : Warehouse Clear Out - Ancient & Ethnographic https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/artemis-gallery/warehouse-clear-out---ancient-ethnographic-3742 Time to clear out the warehouse, as these lots are going, going, gone... plus a we've added a nice selection of lots brand-new to auction! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com

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Lot Description

**Originally Listed At $600**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A lovely hollow-cast and highly-burnished male figure seated upon delineated legs and a planar posterior. The figure wears a simple loincloth around his waist, a shell-adorned necklace around his neck, ringed bands around his arms, and a wrapped cap atop his head. He sits erect with a flat back and broad shoulders, with his left arm draped at his side and the right holding a circular object with an open bottom - perhaps a ball-player's helmet or the headband of a conquered opponent. Painted in a russet-hued slip, this is a wonderful example from ancient West Mexico! Size: 6.5" W x 11.5" H (16.5 cm x 29.2 cm).

Colima, located on Mexico's southwestern coast, was a shaft tomb culture during this period, along with neighbors to the north in Jalisco and Nayarit. In this culture, the dead were buried down shafts - 3 to 20 meters deep - that were dug vertically or near vertically through the volcanic tuff that makes up the geology of the region. The base of the shaft would open into one or more horizontal chambers with a low ceiling. These shafts were almost always dug beneath a dwelling, probably a family home, and seem to have been used as family mausoleums, housing the remains of many related individuals. This is a figure made to be placed inside those mausoleums, perhaps to mediate between the worlds of the living and the dead.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA

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Condition

Repair to one ear. Surface wear and minor abrasions commensurate with age, small nicks to arms, legs, body, and head, with fading to slip pigmentation, and fading to some finer details. Light earthen deposits and nice mineral deposits throughout. Old inventory sticker on base.
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