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THBFine Colima Redware Seated Dwarf Vessel
Lot 122b
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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 wonderful hollow-built redware pottery figural vessel depicting a male dwarf seated upon a flat base with curved, attenuated legs. The highly burnished figure suffers from a severe case of dwarfism made evident by his dramatic, forward-leaning posture as well as his malformed spine which almost protrudes through his back making for a hunchback appearance. Short, bent arms extend downwards from rounded shoulders, and a squat neck supports the enlarged head. Incised ovoid eyes, an upturned nose with delineated nostrils, separated lips, and tab-shaped ears comprise the stylized visage, and a protruding forehead gradually tapers to a flared spout rim. In Pre-Columbian times, the deformities of hunchbacked people were believed to be signs from the divine that they were in fact special, chosen individuals who were touched by the supernatural. Size: 8.3" W x 13.2" H (21.1 cm x 33.5 cm).
Hunchback and dwarf individuals are very common in Colima sculpture - indeed, they heavily outnumber portrayals of women (and some have theorized that this relates to their relatively high social status in the society). Some scholars attribute the hunched back in West Mexican shaft tomb culture to a particular form of tuberculosis; the protruding shoulders of this example may be part of the figure's deformity or the result of an emaciated state.
For a stylistically-similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number X.2.431: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/318295
Another stylistically-similar example of a slightly larger size hammered for EUR 8,812 ($9,819.65) at Christie's, Paris "Art Africain, Oceanien et Precolombien" auction (sale 5068, December 10, 2003, lot 484): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/personnage-assis-colima-preclassique-final-ca-4208499-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4208499&sid=c069ebc1-2ff0-469a-a1a8-04c6214278f1
Provenance: ex-Merrin Gallery, New York, New York, USA; ex-private American collection, acquired in the 1980s
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#148146Figure repaired from multiple large pieces, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Light abrasions to spout, head, body, and base, with fading to areas of original pigmentation, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Nice earthen deposits, manganese blooms, and root marks throughout.Condition
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