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THBFine Colima Redware Dog Vessel
Lot 136c
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hollow ceramic vessel in the form of an extremely corpulent canine, one of the most famous of the classes of West Mexican shaft tomb culture artifacts. This portly pooch has a lively face with incised ovoid eyes, a petite snout with drilled pupils, a wide mouth, and perky ears. The enormous body is supported by four curved legs with rounded feet, and a wide, tubular spout doubles as the tail. Highly-burnished and covered in deep red slip, this is a wonderful example from ancient West Mexico! Size: 10.625" L x 6.75" W x 6.875" H (27 cm x 17.1 cm x 17.5 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 Mexican Hairless also known as the Xoloitzcuintle. The Xolo dog was named for the deity Xolotl, the God of the Underworld, and 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 with an open mouth and no tail spout hammered for $12,500 at Sotheby's, New York "African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Including Property from the Krugier and Lasansky Collections" Auction (May 16, 2014, lot 254): http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/african-oceanic-n09146/lot.254.html
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Massachusetts, USA collection
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#137544Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, very minor nicks to ears, feet, and spout, with fading to some areas of pigmentation, and fading to some incised details, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice earthen deposits, mineral deposits, and root marks throughout. Old inventory label beneath belly.Condition
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