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THBHuge Guerrero Chontal Stone Standing Figure
Lot 101a
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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, Mexico, Guerrero, Chontal, 800 to 300 BCE. An outstanding, quite sizeable, and finely carved and string-cut standing greenstone figure. The form is captivating, with an oversized head of an abstract rectangular form presenting a tranquil visage comprised of closed coffee bean shaped eyes, a straight browline leading to an aquiline nose above closed full lips, and bulging cheekpieces/helmet elements to either side - all of these features are skillfully delineated in bas relief. Below the figure's square jawline is a short neck leading to broad angular shoulders and long arms to either side of the figure's torso which is adorned by crossed bands that form an "X" over the body. Finally, two columnar legs emerge below. Size: 5.75" W x 19.125" H (14.6 cm x 48.6 cm)
The Guerrero region is located in present-day southwestern Mexico, and it was the epicenter of both the Mezcala and Chontal stone carving traditions. Whereas, the Mezcala sculptors emphasized geometric abstraction in both anthropomorphic figures as well as architectural models, the Chontal sculptors imbued their works with a degree of naturalism. We know that this lapidary tradition dated to the Preclassic period, and that later Mesoamerican peoples coveted portable stone figures like this example as heirlooms. Archaeologists have excavated numerous pieces in ritual caches at the Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztecs of Tenochititlan, for example. What's more, centuries later, many Mexican Modernists including Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and artist/anthropologist Miguel Covarrubias were drawn to their minimalistic qualities. Interestingly, Covarrubias compared them to the monumental and serene style of Cycladic art in ancient Greece.
Provenance: Ex. Merrin Gallery, 1968-1969
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#162094Right leg and right knee reattached. Normal nicks/chips, some fissures and abrasions to high-pointed areas.Condition
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