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THBColima Pottery Standing Male Phallic Figure
Lot 122a
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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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2019-08-06 11:00:00
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Around the world & back in time - be amazed at the treasures you will find. Antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine Art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A finely-preserved, hollow-molded pottery male figure depicted standing atop wide, circular feet and delineated legs. The man wears a wide belt with a horizontal striation as well as a pair of back flaps, a pair of incised arm bands around his biceps, and an integral shell-adorned necklace around his thick neck, and protruding from his groin is an enormous phallus with a conical head and an incised urethra. The stocky head stares proudly outward with coffee-bean-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, impressed lips, and nubbin ears, all beneath a simple cap that houses an opening to the hollow interior. The highly burnished surfaces are decorated with a red-orange slip that imbues the figure with an attractive presentation characteristic of ancient West Mexico! Size: 7.375" W x 12.8" H (18.7 cm x 32.5 cm).
The sculptural creations of the ancient Colima peoples are quite distinctive with smooth, rounded forms presenting remarkable consistency in their warm russet, citrine, and red hues. In addition, the sculpture of the Colima culture is known for a wide range of postures and expressions, making it quite intriguing to us, even some 2000 years after their origination.
Colima, located on Mexico's southwestern coast, was during this time part of the shaft tomb culture, 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: ex-Merrin Gallery, New York, New York, USA; ex-private Mazard family collection, Paris, France, acquired in the 1960s
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#148144Phallus reattached to body, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Light resurfacing and overpainting to both back flaps of waistband. Minor nicks to feet, arms, phallus, and head, with fading and fire-darkening to scattered areas of original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and manganese blooms throughout.Condition
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