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THBMayan Jaina Pottery Seated Figure on Pedestal
Lot 143e
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Jaina Island, Maya, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A mold-made nude figure with long limbs and an entranced countenance, seated with hands placed upon folded legs, an erect torso, and a solemn visage comprised of open eyes, a pronounced browline, a curved nose, gently smiling parted lips revealing teeth, and large ears that are perforated to hold decorative ornaments such as the brilliant yellow/orange bird plumes in them today, all topped by a conical head covering that is pierced at the top for additional ornamentation. The figure sits upon a raised throne or pedestal that is hand-built from a circular slab, four columnar legs, and a circular base wrapped around their feet. Covered with manganese deposits, this piece respectfully represents spiritual funerary art of the ancients on Jaina Island. Size: 4.75" in diameter (throne) x 10.25" H (throne + figure) (12.1 cm x 26 cm)
Jaina figures, from an island off the Yucatan peninsula, are noted for their lifelike faces and their impressive details. Scholars believe that these figures likely represented actual individuals, were produced in Campeche and brought to Jaina Island to be buried with the deceased. Fascinatingly, the people around Jaina are the only people in southeastern Mesoamerica who put human figures into graves; everywhere else in the region, figures have only been found in domestic contexts. The use of human figures immediately calls to mind the earlier West Mexican cultures that had extensive figures made solely to be placed in their shaft tombs. The Spaniard Diego de Landa, who recorded details of Mayan life shortly after the Spanish Conquest, wrote that the artists who created pieces like this one lived lives of religious isolation and ritual, fasting and abstaining.
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#140756Head reattached. Expected surface wear commensurate with age. One foot restored. Chips to tip of hat around perforation. Both the throne/pedestal and the figure are covered with manganese deposits. Firing hole through lower back of figure to ensure that the piece remained intact during the firing process.Condition
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