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THBMichoacan Tzintzuntzan Bi-chrome Teapot
Lot 77a
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Tzintzuntzan, Tarascan people, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. An elegant bi-chrome pottery teapot created by the ancients of Tzintzuntzan. This teapot vessel has a squat rounded body, a long, flared spout, and a high bridge handle. In addition to this lovely form, the vessel is beautifully decorated with curvilinear, striated, and 'beaded' bands as well as organic and geometric motifs - all in a striking red and white color palette. A very special vessel, because in the Pre-Columbian world, the teapot form was unique to the Tarascan region. Size: 7.125" W x 8.4" H (18.1 cm x 21.3 cm)
In addition to creating such distinctive ceramic wares with painted as well as smoke decorated finishes, Tarascan artisans created impressive ornaments and tools out of gold, copper, obsidian, turquoise, and shell. In addition, Tzintzuntzan created an impressive architectural monument comprised of a stone faced platform with five stepped pyramids known as yakatas on top. Offerings were likely interred with the Tarascan royalty and elite in these yakatas. The Tarascan people were led by a king whose capital was in Tzintzuntzan near Lake Patzcuaro. Successful leaders during wartime, the Tarascan kings were able to combat the Aztecs and maintain independence until the Spanish conquest.
Provenance: private New York, USA collector from 1966
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#159162Repair and restoration to base and midsection of spout and both sides of handle, with nearly invisible resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions to base and body, with light fading to areas of original pigment. Great remains of original pigment and decorative motifs throughout.Condition
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