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THBNazca Polychrome Bowl w/ Hummingbirds
Lot 182
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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, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, south coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 220 BCE to 125 CE. A quaint, hand-built polychrome pottery bowl with a rounded bottom and steep walls decorated with a repeating hummingbird motif. The exterior’s background is painted in a light cream color, with the painted program completed in red and gray hues with a consistent black outline. The hummingbirds bear a stylized presentation with elliptical eyes, pointed beaks, and narrow wing tips. Each bird is identically painted and proportionally spaced from one another. The interior basin is of a modest size and bears a russet red decoration. Size: 7.12" W x 3.25" H (18.1 cm x 8.3 cm)
To the ancients of the Pre-Columbian world, hummingbirds were associated with the sun. Appreciated for their shiny, iridescent feathering and aerial acrobatics, hummingbirds made for ideal solar metaphors. Since these birds are known to hover, seemingly motionless, and fly up, down and even backwards, the ancients likened their motions to that of the sun's hovering in the sky at the solstices when it is also known to reverse its celestial direction. In addition, hummingbirds can assume a torpid state when it is cold at night or during brief periods in the winter. However, they come back to life in the spring warmth. This unique ability to "die" and "resurrect" signified rebirth to the ancients of the Americas, precisely at a time when planting and, in this sense, "renewed life" occurred. How magical!
Provenance: ex-private Drimmer collection, Florida, USA, before 1965
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#165203Surface wear commensurate with age. Minor nicks and abrasions scattered throughout. Light fading of painted motif in areas. Slight discoloration to one of the hummingbirds. Otherwise in excellent condition and fully intact. Bowl’s painted motif is full of life and has been well preserved. Inventory label within tondo.Condition
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