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THBInca Polychrome Textile Fragment w/ Abstract Animals
Lot 40
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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 3, 2019
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2019-10-03 10:00:00
2019-10-03 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Exceptional Day 2: Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/artemis-gallery/exceptional-day-2-pre-columbian-tribal-art-4453
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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Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A beautiful textile fragment composed of tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in a myriad of burgundy, teal, wheat, fuchsia, sage, cream, jet-black, and aquamarine hues. Depicted on the textile are nineteen full and two partial zoomorphic creatures of characteristically abstracted presentations, each with forked hands and feet, an S-shaped tongue, projecting ears and horns, and a horned figurative element on the chest. The rows of creatures are separated with either zigzagging registers or mirrored stepped forms with interlocking spirals, and all is presented atop a red ground. A wondrous example of abstract zoomorphic artistry from ancient Peru! Mounted atop a museum-quality display fabric. Size (textile): 17.25" L x 15.1" W (43.8 cm x 38.4 cm); size (display fabric): 31.125" L x 32.125" W (79.1 cm x 81.6 cm).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany
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#148271This is a fragment of a larger textile composition. Textile is sewn atop a modern red-hued fabric panel for stability and set against a black museum-quality fabric for display. Old losses to areas of bottom-right of textile as shown. Minor loosening to some interior and peripheral threads, with light staining and fading to original coloration. Iconography is still visible and clear.Condition
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