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THBInca Stone Llama Canopa w/ Cinnabar, ex Sotheby's
Lot 79b
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A wonderful example of a canopic vessel of a hefty form carved from a gray-black stone that is polished until smooth. The llama exhibits characteristic camelid features such as a bulbous body, a drooping tail, a raised head with perky ears, a thick snout, and a wavy, fleecy dewlap hanging in layers beneath the neck. A drilled cavity in the back perhaps held animal fat as an offering to the gods, and remains of its original contents can still be seen and felt within. The head and neck are decorated with faint remains of red cinnabar that show the llama adorned with a bridle as a domesticated animal. Size: 4.7" L x 2.2" W x 3" H (11.9 cm x 5.6 cm x 7.6 cm)
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1994.35.759
Provenance: private New York, USA collection, purchased in 1994; ex-Sotheby's, New York "Pre-Columbian Art" auction (sale 6625, November 15, 1994, lot 239)
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#165123Small chips around drilled cavity on back, with light abrasions to head, neck, body, base, and tail, and fading to red cinnabar pigment, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to overall form, nice surface smoothness, and good remains of cinnabar pigment on face and neck. Original contents - perhaps animal fat - still visible and able to be felt within back cavity. Old inventory label beneath base.Condition
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