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THBNayarit Ixtlan Del Rio Redware Figure w/ Mutilations
Lot 97b
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Louisville, CO 80027
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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 ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A striking example of hand-built shaft-tomb pottery depicting a seated female figure with outstretched legs, a simple loincloth with painted geometric motifs, and slender arms clasping a small olla in front of ample breasts. Her neck is adorned with 8 white-painted bead necklaces, and her crescent earrings and simple headband are decorated in golden and jet-black hues, all atop a red-slipped ground. Most of her frontal body is covered in parallel-slit mutilations, each cheek is pierced five times in a rough star pattern, and each tooth is drilled clean through. While her colorful exterior imbues the figure with attractive presentation, it belies a macabre overtone convoked by both the density and variety of bodily scarification. Only her back and the top of her head and face are left unscarred, perhaps to allow her some semblance of feminine beauty. Size: 7.55" W x 12.2" H (19.2 cm x 31 cm).
For a few examples of figures with parallel-slit mutilations, please see: Kan, Michael, et al. Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989, pp. 102-103, figs. 57, 58 a-b.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Texas, USA collection
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#139499Both arms and both legs reattached with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Minor nicks to legs, body, arms, and head, with fading to original pigmentation, and a few stable hairline fissures. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout.Condition
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