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THBMaya Stone Mirror with Image of a Deity
Lot 104c
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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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May 23, 2019
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2019-05-23 10:00:00
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, ca. 500 to 900 CE. A stone mirror of a perfectly circular form, adorned with the profile image of a deity - perhaps the Old God (Bacab or God N - the old god of the interior of the earth as well as thunder, also referred to as the sky-carrier) - in bas relief with red cinnabar rubbed on the surface to create gorgeous color and added depth of field - surrounded by a border. The deity wears an elaborate plumed headdress, earspool, and beaded necklace. His visage is quite dramatic with exaggeratedly large eyes, brows, and nose. Two perforations for attachment and/or suspension atop the headdress. Size: 4.875" in diameter (12.4 cm)
See a fabulous sculpture of a Maya mirror bearer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. A mirror would have been held by this figural bearer and used for divination. Mirrors were coveted objects, and mirror bearers would have presented such special reflective mirrors to powerful Maya figures for auguries. (https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1979.206.1063/)
Provenance: private Lexington, Kentucky, USA collection; ex-private Castillo collection, acquired before 1968
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#146405One section reattached with subtle break line. Expected surface wear with nicks to peripheries and high-pointed areas as shown. Liberal traces of red cinnabar remain. Nice pecking marks to verso.Condition
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