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THBLarge Colima Redware Hunchback Phallic Figure w/ TL
Lot 150h
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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
Jul 11, 2019
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2019-07-11 10:00:00
2019-07-11 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Ancient / Ethnographic / Americana
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Discover ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Fossils and Fine Art. Also featuring a wonderful collection from a prominent New York estate whose owners reside in the Van Wyck family's historic Lloyd Harbor waterfront home. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Discover ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Fossils and Fine Art. Also featuring a wonderful collection from a prominent New York estate whose owners reside in the Van Wyck family's historic Lloyd Harbor waterfront home. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A sizable, hand-built pottery figure, standing upon delineated legs with broad feet, and covered with high burnishing marks and red pigment characteristic of ancient Colima. The figure presents nude with bent knees and thick thighs, a slender chest flanked by powerful shoulders, and band-adorned arms supporting the shaft of a massive, erect phallus which doubles as a vessel spout. The enormous protrusion on his back is so pronounced that individual spinal discs are seen bulging out from beneath the skin. Slender almond-shaped eyes, an upturned nose, thick lips, and rounded cheeks comprise the minimalist visage, and a smooth coiffure is delineated with a shallow groove. Size: 8.75" W x 16.625" H (22.2 cm x 42.2 cm).
Colima, located on Mexico's southwestern coast, was during this time part of the shaft tomb culture, along with neighbors to the north in Jalisco and Nayarit. In this culture, the dead were buried down shafts - 3 to 20 meters deep - that were dug vertically or near vertically through the volcanic tuff that makes up the geology of the region. The base of the shaft would open into one or more horizontal chambers with a low ceiling. These shafts were almost always dug beneath a dwelling, probably a family home, and seem to have been used as family mausoleums, housing the remains of many related individuals. This is a figure made to be placed inside those mausoleums, perhaps to mediate between the worlds of the living and the dead.
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: private Redwood City, California, USA collection
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#147183Repaired from multiple large pieces, with light restoration, resurfacing, and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions to legs, arms, phallus, and head, with fading and light fire-darkening to areas of original pigmentation, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Light earthen deposits throughout. Three TL drill holes: right foot, back of right leg, and back of neck.Condition
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