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THBLovely Mimbres Pottery Bowl w/ Bird
Lot 1
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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
North America, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Mimbres Valley, ca. 950 to 1150 CE. A wonderful pottery bowl of a minimalist utilitarian form shaped via the coil-and-scrape technique. The bowl presents with a round yet stable base, gradually expanding walls, and a thick, annular rim surrounding the deep basin decorated with russet red pigment atop a cream ground. The interior of the basin features a register of concentric rings above a pair of parallel rings along the upper rim as well as a pleasing avian creature in the center. The plump, right-facing bird has a rotund body adorned with zigzags, sinuous legs in front of an almost fish-like tail, a single outstretched wing, and a perky head with a single eye and a narrow beak. Though undecorated, the exterior surfaces exhibit a smooth, lustrous, and highly burnished presentation. Size: 7.1" W x 3.625" H (18 cm x 9.2 cm)
The Mimbres people occupied the mountain and river valleys of southwestern New Mexico; the name we know them by is from the Spanish word for the willows that grew alongside the river valleys. The artists responsible for creating pottery vessels like this were women, and the remains of many Mimbres women have been found in burial sites accompanied by pottery making tools.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1978.412.119
Display stand shown in photos is for photography purposes only.
This piece has been searched against the Art Loss Register database and has been cleared. The Art Loss Register maintains the world's largest database of stolen art, collectibles, and antiques.
Provenance: private Los Angeles collection, California, USA; ex-Frank Tasch collection, Silver City, New Mexico, USA, before 2000
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Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#164426Repaired from roughly 10 large pieces with chipping and adhesive residue along break lines. Loss to one central area of tondo as shown. Nicks, chips, and abrasions to exterior surfaces and pigment within basin, with minor fire-darkening to scattered areas of exterior and base, and fading to some painted areas. Great preservation to remaining areas of avian motif within basin.Condition
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