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THBLarge Olmec / Proto Maya Blackware Chalice
Lot 14h
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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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Apr 25, 2019
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2019-04-25 10:00:00
2019-04-25 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Pre-Columbian | Tribal | Ethnographic
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Guatemala and southern Mexico, late Olmec to proto-Maya, ca. 600 to 400 BCE. A handsome, strikingly large blackware vessel, its upper exterior walls decorated with relief images in glyphoid style including the face, in profile, of the feathered serpent, the most powerful god of ancient Mesoamerica. The incised lines that form the images were likely once filled with vibrant red cinnabar pigment. Olmec vessels like this were portable objects that traveled around their area of influence to places like Tlatilco, Tlapacoya, Las Bocas, and San Jose Mogote. Size: 7.45" W x 5.75" H (18.9 cm x 14.6 cm)
The glyphs on this carving are probably epi-Olmec or proto-Mayan. Epi-Olmec, like Mayan, consists of glyphs, often written in lines or columns. Although not all of it has been deciphered, what we know of this language is that it describes religious notions and, to a lesser extent, socio-political matters. It is not clear if glyphs are both pictographic and ideographic, or what role phonograms might have played, and this remains a hotly studied component of Mesoamerican archaeology. With all these questions, can we say anything about this cup? Barring some exceptional circumstances, it was owned by a wealthy person, and buried with them; its glyphs probably speak to the status of the individual or offer a prayer.
Provenance: private California, USA collection
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#145730Foot has been repaired from approximately four pieces. Small chip from edge of foot. Otherwise in beautiful condition for its age.Condition
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