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THBInca Stone Bowl with Raised Jaguar Reliefs
Lot 113c
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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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Bidsquare : Exceptional Day 2 Ethnographic Tribal Fossils
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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1533 CE. A skillfully carved black volcanic basalt vessel, the body of a broad rounded form with incurved walls and a flat base as well as four integral jaguars crawling up the exterior walls, perhaps to drink what is inside the vessel. The jaguar symbolized power and might throughout the Pre-Columbian world. Warriors, rulers, hunters, and shamans alike associated themselves with this king of beasts, the largest and most powerful feline in the New World. A striking vessel replete with strong technique, attractive form, and layers of symbolic meaning. Size: 11" in diameter (jaguar to jaguar) x 5" H (27.9 cm x 12.7 cm)
In their discussion of another Inca basalt vessel that is decorated with snake motifs in the British Museum, Smarthistory scholars have suggested that it was probably kept in the Coricancha (Temple of the Sun) or nearby sacred buildings - most likely used to hold offerings or simply water as a means of seeing into the underworld via its reflective surface. (https://smarthistory.org/inka-an-introduction/) - The British Museum, "Inka stone vessels," in Smarthistory, March 1, 2017, accessed May 6, 2019, https://smarthistory.org/inka-an-introduction/.
Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection
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#146308Chips to rim and nicks to jaguar ears and other high-pointed areas. One section of rim/shoulder spanning between two of the jaguars has been reattached with slight restoration. Normal surface wear commensurate with age. Nice deposits.Condition
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