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THBMoche-Salinar Kaolin Glazed Terracotta Portrait Vessel
Lot 82
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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 classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche-Salinar Transition, ca. 500 BCE. A striking bichrome red and kaolin slipped portrait stirrup vessel created during the transitional period between the Salinar and the newly-emerging Moche cultures. The ancient Andean worldview was that of a hierarchy, a very ordered place where everyone understood his/her role in society. Here we have the noble visage of an important shaman or lord, presenting a calm perhaps entranced expression with well-delineated features (almond-shaped closed eyes, a protruding nose, cup-shaped ears, and slightly parted lips) adorned with face paint/tattoos (striations below the eyes and across the nose, a thick red band across the mouth and lower cheeks, stylized glyphs embellishing the neck, and those eyebrows may actually be comprised of tattooed arrow motifs). The relatively naturalistically rendered face and the intricately delineated facial tattooing/painting are clearly the creative work of a skilled artist. Size: 6.625" W (ear to ear) x 7.75" H (16.8 cm x 19.7 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Dr. Fisher collection, Germany
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#148461Normal surface wear with scuffs and minor losses to painted decoration commensurate with age. Collection label and marks from former collection labels on underside of base. Otherwise intact and fabulous.Condition
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