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THBLarge / Impressive Veracruz Pottery Kneeling Female
Lot 230
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An amazing ceramic figure, huge, with the face almost life-size, depicting a woman who is kneeling with her legs splayed out to the sides. She wears a skirt, huge round earrings, and a yoke-like necklace that is similar to those adorning other female figures from the region. Her coiffure is elaborate, with what appears to be tightly woven, small braids that form bangs and flow down the back of her head to her upper back. Her face is expressive, with wide, staring eyes, pronounced eyebrows, a delicate nose, and a slightly open mouth. Black pigment, called chapopote, common to Veracruz artwork and made from petroleum-rich deposits, is on the eyes and hair, giving both a rich, shiny look. Size: 6" L x 14.85" W x 19.7" H (15.2 cm x 37.7 cm x 50 cm)
Excavations near the town of Remojadas have revealed two types of impressive, detailed pottery figures: the Sonrientes, the joyous "smiling faces" depicting people of all ages and sexes, and figures like this one, more serious, mostly adult figures, with elaborate costumes, themes, and sometimes props that all seem to point towards religious or political ceremonies. These figures are often found with the bodies broken into pieces and the heads largely intact, as they were ritually 'killed' as burial offerings.
Provenance: private collection of Lupita Tovar, silent screen actress of the 1930s, Bel-Air, California, USA
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#124909Repaired from multiple pieces. Arms are lost, one at the elbow, the other at the shoulder. Excellent pigment remaining.Condition
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