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THBFine Maya Peten Polychrome Cylinder - Skulls / Turkeys
Lot 106a
About Seller
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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By Artemis Gallery
May 23, 2019
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2019-05-23 10:00:00
2019-05-23 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Exceptional Day 2 Ethnographic Tribal Fossils
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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Peten Basin, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built pottery cylinder vessel with a flat base and a tapered lower body, tall walls, a thin rim with a red-painted interior, and a deep basin with a pale-orange hue. The exterior is adorned with dark-brown pigment within which two abstract turkeys are enclosed within yellow grounds. The features of the turkeys form an intriguing double-image of a skull with spiraled wing feathers as the eye sockets, white breast feathers as the teeth, and the plumed tail as the feathered headdress surrounding the top of the skull cavity. Interspersed between the zoomorphic panels are columns containing two pseudo-glyphs, and a register of additional pseudo-glyphs wrap around the upper body. Size: 6.125" W x 6.25" H (15.6 cm x 15.9 cm).
For the Maya, extraordinary painted ceramic vases like this example were gifted to elite individuals, akin to the gifts exchanged between high profile dignitaries today. Vases were a functional gift, created by artist/scribes who came from elite families and who took pains to recreate the stories of Mayan mythology and religion as well as to depict royal and godly personages in their artwork. This artwork reinforced the ruling ideology and reminded the viewer of what was valuable in Mayan society.
Provenance: private California, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, New York, USA; ex-private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s from William Vine Clerk, Malden Bridge, New York, USA
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#145691Repaired stabilized stress fissure. Two small areas of restoration around rim with resurfacing and light overpainting along new material. Abrasions across interior and exterior surfaces, with light fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations within interior. Nice earthen deposits and root marks throughout.Condition
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