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THBNazca Ceramic Stirrup Vessel with Birds and Fish
Lot 52a
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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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2019-01-24 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca culture, Phase 3 to 4, ca. 200 to 450 CE. A large, double spouted globular pottery bottle with spouts connected via a flat bridge handle, all painted in a rich polychrome finish, with a wide register featuring two stylized, pelican-like birds, each holding in its large beak a single entrapped fish. Both birds and fish are carefully delineated, the birds in chocolate brown, white, and tan pigments against a red ground, while the fish are white and black with a large, almost comically depicted eye, as if expressing horror at their predicament. Size: 6.1" W x 7" H (15.5 cm x 17.8 cm)
In addition to the fine technique and artistry of this piece, it also boasts rich symbolic content. Birds were associated with the celestial realm and believed to act as messengers between humans and their deities in the Pre-Columbian world. As for the fish, the Nazca of south coast Peru cherished the sea as a rich source of both food and mythology. Hence marine themes are prevalent on their ceramics. It is likely that these birds and fish were connected to myths and folklore about the sea and its power. In contrast to their Moche contemporaries who typically kept to a reduced color palette and explored more modeled forms, Nazca potters reveled in a varied range of colors and a flatter conception of form.
Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#142377Repaired and restored from multiple pieces. This is extremely well done and almost impossible to discern, with overpaint underneath the handle. Small losses to tips of the spouts. Nice preservation of pigment with some manganese deposits on surface.Condition
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