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THBNayarit San Sebastian Pottery Warrior w/ Barrel Armor
Lot 98b
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Apr 25, 2019
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2019-04-25 10:00:00
2019-04-25 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Pre-Columbian | Tribal | Ethnographic
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, San Sebastian style, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful hand-built and highly-burnished pottery warrior of a sizable form seated upon bent legs and a pair of elongated cones protruding from the posterior. The man wears a large barrel-shaped suit of armor around his broad chest and above delineated genitalia, has a recessed collar which exposes his shoulders, and holds an enormous mace in stocky arms. The head boasts a stylized visage composed of slit-form eyes and lips, a rigid nose with impressed nostrils, and petite ears adorned with several earrings, all beneath a horn-topped helmet. Densely-incised linear motifs embellish the helmet and top half of the armor and imbue the figure with a personalized presentation. Covered in lustrous red slip, this is a fabulous example of ancient shaft-tomb pottery! Size: 8" W x 19" H (20.3 cm x 48.3 cm).
This figure stood guard in a shaft tomb, most likely placed so that it was facing outward around the perimeter of the tomb. Some scholars have theorized that this symbolically depicted a continuum between the worlds of the living and the dead. A brawny, militant protector with serious attitude from the ancients of West Mexico.
For a stylistically-similar example, please see The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number AC1996.146.23: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/seated-warrior-figure/6gEVFtnGF3FymQ
Provenance: private California, USA collection
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#145717Repairs to helmet, head, neck line, both arms, mace, and upper area of armor, with small losses, chips, and light adhesive residue along break lines. Losses to helmet brim, minor abrasions to legs, body, arms, and head, with fading and areas of fire-darkening to original pigmentation, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Nice earthen deposits and manganese blooms throughout.Condition
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