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THBMoche Bi-Chrome Stirrup Vessel - Feline w/ Vegetables
Lot 100l
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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, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of an intriguing form depicting a highly stylized feline figure seated upon thick haunches. The grimacing face glares upwards with hemispherical, brown-painted eyes and bears a toothy grin, perky ears, and a stirrup-shaped handle that projects from the back of the head. The plump body is adorned with various vegetal motifs painted in brown pigment including wheat or grain on one side, cacao pods or peppers on the posterior, mushrooms or potatoes on the back, and a heavily segmented shrub on the other side. This feline perhaps represents a guardian deity meant to drive demonic spirits away from grave sites and is also perhaps symbolic of an earth-bound fertility deity given the plethora of plants depicted. Size: 6.875" L x 4.25" W x 7.625" H (17.5 cm x 10.8 cm x 19.4 cm)
Provenance: ex-Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, acquired prior to 2000
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#153772Professionally repaired from a few large pieces, with restoration along areas of base and body, small chips along break lines on handle, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and nicks to spout, handle, body, and base, with fading to areas of original pigment and areas of touch-up painting mostly to front half, softening to some finer details, and light encrustations. Light earthen deposits and great remains of original pigment throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.Condition
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