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THBMississippian Quapaw Polychrome Vessel, TL'd
Lot 122c
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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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Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Native American, North America, West of Mississippi River (modern day Arkansas), Quapaw culture, ca. 1300 CE. An elegant polychrome pottery vessel with a lentoid body and a tubular neck that rises to a flared rim, all upon a rounded base. The colorful decorative program is characteristic of Quapaw pottery, with alternating red and cream bands outlined in slender black striations encircling the body and a red spout. The Quapaw were Native Americans who lived in four villages along the Mississippi River in what is now Arkansas from ca. 1500 through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The tribe was divided into two large moieties (divisions) - Earth and Sky - and twenty-one clans. Elegantly hand-built and brilliantly hued ceramics like this example are some of their most lasting artistic achievements. Size: 8" W x 8.375" H (20.3 cm x 21.3 cm)
According to the Museum of Native American History (MONAH), "The artistic design that went into decorating these pottery vessels varied by region, but nowhere had it surpassed the expert craftsmanship and artistic design that was found by the inhabitants that lived in the area now known as modern day Arkansas. The Arkansas area was occupied by three major groups during this period: the Caddo in the southwest, the Quapaw along the lower Arkansas River, and a group simply called the Mississippians in the northeast."
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report is available to the buyer upon request.
Provenance: private Kansas City, Missouri, USA collection; ex-John Townsend collection, formed in the 1970s and earlier
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
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.
#161637Neck reattached to body and two pieces reattached to rim. Chips/losses to periphery of rim as shown. Expected surface wear with nicks, abraded areas, and some pigment loss, though much remains. Some impressions from tools used to handle vessel when wet or leather hard. TL holes on bottom and underside of spout.Condition
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