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THBHuge Veracruz Standing Nude Female (Remojadas)
Lot 134
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Louisville, CO 80027
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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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**This item is heavy/oversized and will require 3rd party shipping. Please inquire about shipping cost prior to bidding.**
Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A marvelous and massive pottery sculpture of a female figure, perhaps a priestess, depicted nude from the waist up with spiked hair. Posed evocatively, the female stands upon broad feet and holds both arms outward, gently bending each at the elbow, and opening her palms to the heavens. A beaded necklace falls above her conical breasts as the bottom half of her flattened body is covered by a short skirt and leggings that end at mid-calf. Flanked by a pair of openwork earspools, her stylized countenance displays an expression of amazement with thin brows above slender eyes, a narrow nose, and a huge, open mouth, all crowned by a spiked coiffure and a helmet-like headdress. Black bitumen adorns her mouth and 3 apertures in her bulbous headdress. Size: 19.3" W x 23.3" H (49 cm x 59.2 cm); 25.5" H (64.8 cm) on included custom stand.
The large scale, hand-modeled figures from Veracruz are known as Remojadas, from the region in Mexico where they are found. They are usually portrayed with their arms up and most are female, as with this figure. They are made in parts, with the head added to the body using further clay that is smoothed over the neckline. Excavations revealed two types of impressive, detailed pottery figures from the Veracruz area: the Sonrientes, the joyous "smiling faces," and figures like this one, more serious, mostly adult figures, with elaborate costumes, themes, and sometimes props that all seem to point towards religious or political ceremonies. These figures are often found with the bodies smashed into pieces and the heads largely intact - they were ritually destroyed as burial offerings. Their clothing suggests that they depict people of import in society, maybe priests or nobility.
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Provenance: private Santa Clara, California, USA collection; ex-Leland Little, Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA, "Fine & Decorative Arts Auction," March 20th, 2010, lot 759; ex-collection of a Western North Carolina Gentleman, USA
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#182118Professionally repaired and restored with repainting and restoration over break lines; all done very well and difficult to see. Some light surface wear as shown, but otherwise, excellent presentation with good remains of bitumen and detail.Condition
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