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THBIncredibly Rare Ancient Thule Culture Pottery Bowl
Lot 1a
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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 24, 2018
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2018-05-24 10:00:00
2018-05-24 10:00:00
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Featuring Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Art from respected collector / dealer, Joseph Alphabet. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Art from respected collector / dealer, Joseph Alphabet. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Native American, western Arctic (found near Teller/Brevig Mission on the Bering Sea near Nome, Alaska), Thule period, ca. 1000 to 1700 CE. A fascinating and rare piece of low-fired black pottery, fashioned into a tapering, deep bowl with a rounded point at its base. The walls of the vessel are thick, and the varied nature of their composition (including a few seeds within the clay) is easily visible. The glazed exterior, made from a mixture of seal blood and grease (don't worry, very aged!) and fired to a nice craquelure, is still visible as a thin, almost black layer in places. Size: 3.75" W x 4" H (9.5 cm x 10.2 cm); 5" H (12.7 cm) on included custom stand.
Pre-industrial pottery production is rare outside of temperate climates; the western Arctic, with its damp, cold climate is a notable exception, with pottery being produced there from about 2500 years ago. Fuel would have been wet and experimental archaeology suggests that even experienced potters had a 50% failure rate. As a result, Thule pots were fired at very low temperatures, probably slowly dried and hardened next to a fire rather than placed directly into a hearth. Applied seal blood and oil used as slip seems to have strengthened the clay, allowing it to dry more evenly and forming a seal that made it waterproof. This piece is a very intriguing example of technological innovation adapting to difficult conditions!
Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection
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#133610Repaired from four pieces. Upper portion of the bowl is fragmentary as shown, and this item is very fragile for reasons explained in the description. Amazing preservation of some of the original glaze.Condition
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