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THBMaya Stone Ball Court Marker - ex LA County Museum
Lot 106d
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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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Bidsquare : Exceptional Day 2 Ethnographic Tribal Fossils
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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, early Post-Classic, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. An incredible disc-shaped limestone ball court marker, its upper face decorated with a dramatic motif. Carved in relief, it features a large skull with an open mouth. Its protruding tongue, composed of elaborate geometric elements, forms an outer border around the skull. Dark red pigment is still visible in the lower profile areas of the marker; when first made, it would have been painted bright colors. Size: 11.75" W (29.8 cm); 14.25" H (36.2 cm) on included custom stand.
Maya ballcourt markers reinforced important mythological and symbolic concepts, with markers found at sites like Copan and La Esperanza (Chinkultic) depicting important stories that explained the purpose of the ball game - at least as far as archaeologists are able to interpret, with some mysteries still remaining. The skull form here may reference the taking of trophy heads as part of the ritual of human sacrifice. Indeed, trophy heads were a near-universal constant in Mesoamerican imagery for millennia, although by the Classic Maya period it seems more likely that the taking of actual trophy heads had (mostly) been replaced by the ball from the ballgame (as in the Popol Vuh, where a decapitated head is used instead of a rubber ball).
Provenance: private Lexington, Kentucky, USA collection, acquired in 2016; ex-private American collection, acquired at auction in 2014; ex-Los Angeles County Museum, California, USA, #8697; accompanied by Art Loss Register certificate #8708(22).AR
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#146406Small losses from edges commensurate with age. Old collection label handwritten on the back. Some wear to motifs on surface, but they remain clear. Some cinnabar pigment remaining. Comes with Art Loss Register Certificate.Condition
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