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THBInca Polychrome Vessel with Monkey
Lot 176
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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
May 27, 2021
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2021-05-27 10:00:00
2021-05-27 10:00:00
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Featuring discounted pricing and many new items! Asian art, Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons & Enamelware, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, more! Some starting prices have been reduced up to 65% from original auction prices! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A fabulous mold-made pottery vessel presenting an intriguing form with an egg-shaped body, a narrow, tubular neck, and an annular flared rim, all sitting upon a round yet stable base. Adorned in hues of butterscotch, chocolate brown, cream, and black, the charming example is topped by the high relief figure of a monkey. The adorable animal is shown with all four limbs spread out over the top of the vessel, as his sinuous tail coils behind him. With the spout protruding from its back, the splendid simian displays a projecting head bearing an expressive countenance of target motif eyes beneath a heavy, arched brow, a wide nose, and a slanted mouth, all flanked by a pair of petite ears. Note the painter's careful attention to detail, as evident in the addition of the creature's intricately striated claws on each foot. A wonderful example from Incan culture! Size: 7.125" L x 5.125" W x 7.625" H (18.1 cm x 13 cm x 19.4 cm)
Monkeys have always fascinated humankind, with their zany antics that seem to mirror and, at times, parody humans. Understanding simian creatures as mimics of human culture, most ancients of the Americas regarded the monkey as a mediary between man and the supernatural.
Provenance: ex-Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired February 7, 2009; ex-Arte Xibalba, Osprey, Florida, USA; ex-Andrea Sarmiento collection, Miami, Florida, USA
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#164323Some light nicks and abrasions throughout, as well as minor loss of pigment on some small areas of rim and monkey. Otherwise, intact and excellent with lovely earthen deposits and encrustations and impressive remaining pigments.Condition
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