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THBFine Colima Redware Dog Vessel - Crouching Pose
Lot 268
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hollow-built redware pottery vessel of a sizable form depicting a playful canine, one of the most famous of the classes of West Mexican shaft tomb culture artifacts. The highly burnished dog is shown in a crouching position atop all four legs and has a rotund body, a wide neck, and an upturned tail that doubles as the spout. The raised head bears a stylized visage with incised eyes, a tapered snout with delineated nostrils, rows of bared teeth, and perky ears. An expertly constructed example full of character! Size: 13.2" L x 5.25" W x 7" H (33.5 cm x 13.3 cm x 17.8 cm)
Scholars know of at least two types of Colima dogs, one to be fattened up and ritually sacrificed or eaten and one to serve as a watchdog and healer of the ill. This plump hairless canine, known as a Chichi or Escuintla, is thought to be related to the Chihuahua or the Mexican Hairless also known as the Xoloitzcuintle. The Xoloitzcuintle was named for the deity Xolotl, the God of the Underworld, and was believed to guide the deceased as they journeyed to the afterlife. Colima vessels such as this one were buried in shaft tombs to protect the deceased and provide sustenance for eternity.
A stylistically similar example, of a larger size and with no tail spout, hammered for $8,750 at Sotheby's, New York "African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Including Property from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation" auction (May 13, 2011, lot 158).
Provenance: private New York, USA collection from 1966; ex-The Lands Beyond Gallery, New York, New York, USA
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#151394Minor abrasions and nicks to legs, tail, body, and head, scattered areas of fire darkening along base surfaces, with light encrustations, and minor softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and excellent. Light manganese deposits and great craquelure to slip pigment throughout.Condition
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