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THBFine Teotihuacan Greenstone Standing Figure
Lot 81a
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Oct 11, 2018
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2018-10-11 10:00:00
2018-10-11 10:00:00
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan culture, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A finely carved standing deity figure, hand-carved from a mottled dark-green stone with light and dark inclusions. The slender body stands atop delineated legs with narrow hips, and from planar shoulders hang two arms with hands fused with the thighs. The head exhibits puffy coffee-bean-shaped eyes which probably contained inlays (perhaps obsidian or a different greenstone), a wide triangular nose, a gaping mouth with full lips, and bar-shaped ears, all beneath a tiered hat. Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 2.625" W x 7" H (6.7 cm x 17.8 cm); 7.125" H (18.1 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically-similar example with no hat, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1979.206.585: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312781
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Berg estate collection, La Mesa, California, USA, originally collected by former Anthropology professor Bob Berg at San Diego State University in the 1960s. A few of Professor Berg's pieces are documented in the "Who's Who in Indian Relics" series, #10.
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#139487Repairs to parts of both arms and one lower corner of hat with minor nicks and light adhesive residue along break lines. Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small nicks to arms, legs, body, and head, with fading to some finer features, and light encrustations within recessed areas. Nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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