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THBLarge Zapotec Pottery Head with Ear Spools & Headdress
Lot 138b
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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
Dec 6, 2018
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2018-12-06 10:00:00
2018-12-06 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : DAY 2 : Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic & Fine Art
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Day 2 of an important 2-dy auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-dy auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, ca. 100 BCE to 200 CE. Wow! A stunning head whose fierce gaze transports you through the centuries. Made of crema paste ceramic, this sculpture depicts the face of someone clothed in rich, large spool earrings and what is either a massive headdress with a wide brim and an interlocking geometric pendant at its center, or a coiffure adorned with a pendant. The face is lifelike, with large eyes with deeply excavated pupils, a long, thin nose, and fleshy lips slightly parted to reveal a mouth full of straight teeth. Size: 8.55" W x 9" H (21.7 cm x 22.9 cm); 15.7" H (39.9 cm) on included custom stand.
The Zapotec, like many pre-Columbian civilizations, placed clay effigies into burials, some in the form of urns or vessels, others simply figural. Who are the figures depicted like this one, and what was their purpose? They may represent the deities themselves, but more likely, they seem to represent ancestors or shamans impersonating gods, but may even represent spirits.
Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#141172Repaired and restored from multiple large pieces. These repairs are generally well done and difficult to see, especially on the front of the piece (they are more visible on the undecorated back). One is visible on the headdress brim. Something appears to be missing from the back of the headdress. Beautiful preservation of details.Condition
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