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THBLarge Quimbaya Pottery Seated Male Slab Figure
Lot 127
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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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2019-09-05 10:00:00
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Variety galore! Featuring ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca / Quimbaya culture, ca. 11th to 12th century CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery male slab figure with tubular arms and legs. The figure is seated upon a wide posterior, displays patterned panels on the thighs and shallow bicep grooves, has a flat chest with a protruding navel, and raises one arm with three open fingers and a pierced palm. The rectangular head boasts slit-form eyes, a petite mouth, a prominent aquiline nose with a pierced septum meant for additional ornamentation, and several pierced holes lining the forehead. Slab figures like this example were placed with burial offerings in shaft and chamber tombs, perhaps as guardians or companions for the deceased. Size: 10.375" W x 14.4" H (26.4 cm x 36.6 cm)
For a stylistically-similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1976.412.1: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310243
Provenance: private Tucson, Arizona, USA collection, acquired between 1950 and 1985
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#147639Repaired from multiple large pieces, with small chips and losses, resurfacing, and overpainting along break lines. Original nose ornamentation missing. Nicks and abrasions to legs, arms, body, and head, with softening to some finer details, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.Condition
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