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THBJalisco Pottery Musician Couple
Lot 102d
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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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Features classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing musical couple from the ancients of Jalisco! The female sits behind the male figure, her hands upon his shoulders, as he plays the drum resting between his raised knees with both hands. They wear matching headdresses, necklaces, and skirts, and both have shoulder pellets that scholars have interpreted variously as armor or ritual scarification. Size: 7.9" L x 6.1" W x 10" H (20.1 cm x 15.5 cm x 25.4 cm)
These figures are from the West Mexican Shaft Tomb tradition and were made to be placed in tombs, where they lined the walls of the tomb while the deceased rested in the center. It is relatively rare to find conjoined male/female sculptures. These may represent married couples, and to modern viewers, the way the female holds the male looks like tenderness. However, art depicting personal affection is fairly rare from Mesoamerica, so some scholars see in these sculptures a ritual performance or possibly a type of healing involving laying on of hands. The drum is associated with shamanic practice, lending further credence to this interpretation.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private T. Misenhimer collection, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from 1970 to 2008
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#157112Back figure has restoration to areas behind head and along left shoulder, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and minor nicks to both figures' bodies, heads, and limbs, with light fading to pigmentation, encrustations within some recessed areas, and softening to some finer details. Nice remains of original pigment throughout.Condition
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