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THBHuge Proto Nazca Olla - TL Tested
Lot 20a
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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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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Proto Nazca, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A sizeable polychrome vessel depicting a squatting figure struggling to lift a huge olla of a near-spherical form via a tumpline made from spotted jaguar pelt. Painted netting appears to secure the vessel to the tumpline, but the task is still daunting. Just look at the man's expression - his wide open eyes and toothy clenched mouth convey the difficulty of this task. Interestingly, the jaguar was a symbol of power and kingship throughout the pre-Columbian New World; it stood for a fierceness as well as an individuality that the ancients identified with leaders in their society. From what class is this man? His fancy beaded pectoral and elaborately patterned clothing suggests that he may be of the elite class; however, as a cargador, we would assume that he is from the working class. Indeed, this vessel poses quite a puzzle for historians. Nevertheless, a wonderful vessel presenting a very clever design. We have never seen another one quite like it! Size: 13.5" L x 11.5" W x 10.5" H (34.3 cm x 29.2 cm x 26.7 cm)
The iconography of this piece conjures images of cargadores (literally carriers) throughout the history of Pre-Columbian and Latin American art. Perhaps the most famous modern example is Diego Rivera's painting entitled "Cargador de Flores" (Flower Carrier, 1935) in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In Rivera's masterpiece, a gentleman in a sombrero is on all fours, struggling to lift the large basket of flowers strapped to his back as a woman, perhaps his wife, attempts to support the basket so that he can stand up and take the flowers to the market to sell. Some scholars have interpreted this composition as Rivera's commentary on the burdens weighing down the worker in a capitalistic world. I wonder what encumbrances challenged the figure struggling to hoist up this vessel more than 2000 years before Rivera even lifted a paint brush!
This piece was TL tested by Kotalla labs on September 18, 1993. A digital copy of the report is available upon request.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex Robert Kommer, Arizona, USA
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#148358Tiny TL drill holes behind the figure's head, under his feet, and on the bottom of the olla. Olla professionally repaired and restored from multiple pieces. Normal surface wear with some chips and abrasions commensurate with age.Condition
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