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THBImportant Mimbres Pottery Bowl w/ Walking Fish - TL'd
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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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LiveNov 10, 2022
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Native American, Southwestern US, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico, ca. 950 to 1150 CE. A smallish, deep bowl of classic form and decoration from an imaginative and unique ceramic culture. The bowl has step walls, an unpainted exterior, and a dramatic series of abstract geometric motifs on its interior. Painted in tondo is a pair of unusual large fish, a stylized depiction with a tiny triangular tail and large, rounded body beneath which are 4 clear foot-like appendages. Its surface is decorated with crossed lines and diamonds. Between these fish is a "kill" hole, which researchers believe means that the bowl was ritually punctured at its nadir prior to interment with a human burial. The fish are surrounded by a series of mountain-like sweeping triangles with stepped, rectangular, and linear motifs whose forms may have been inspired by the dramatic geology of the Mimbres homeland.Size: 6.375" Diameter x 2.75" H (16.2 cm x 7 cm); 11" H (27.9 cm) on included custom stand.
Fascinatingly, a variety of fish as well as fishing scenes are depicted on Classic Mimbres pottery. A 1986 study by Jett and Moyle (see below) identified 20 fish taxa on Mimbres bowls, 18 of which are marine, from the Gulf of California. Does this mean that Mimbres traders traveled nearly 1000 miles across the desert to gain access to the rich resources of the coast? It must have been an arduous and remarkable journey, and yet the Mimbrenos seem to have undertaken it with some regularity - not only do they have many depictions of fish on their pottery, but thousands of marine shells have also been found in Mimbres archaeological sites. Given that they wore shell jewelry and left shells as offerings, we surmise that they were fascinated by the ocean. On this vessel, the fish is probably a marker of a particular clan, lineage, or other social group. c. f. Jett and Moyle, 1986, "The Exotic Origins of Fishes Depicted on Prehistoric Mimbres Pottery from New Mexico", American Antiquity, vol. 51, issue 4, pgs. 688-720.
This item has been tested using Thermoluminescence analysis (TL) and has given results consistent with the age as stated here. A full report will be issued to the winning bidder.
Provenance: private Niwot, Colorado, USA collection; ex-Kurquhill's Gallery, El Paso, Texas, USA; ex-private El Paso, Texas, USA collection, acquired early to mid 1970s
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#175728Kill hole as often found, repaired from 5 or 6 pieces with enhancement of pigment only over those repaired areas.Condition
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