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THBNazca Polychrome Jar w/ Trophy Heads, TL Tested
Lot 168
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a voluminous form with a round but stable base, a compressed spherical body with a central carination, and a tall, flared rim surrounding the deep basin. Displayed along the highly burnished surfaces is a register of abstract creatures with two pairs of eyes, tendril-form projections, outstretched arms and legs, and colorful faces with protruding tongues. Below the creatures is a register of disembodied trophy heads, each with a minimalist face surmounted with a trapezoidal coiffure. Trophy heads in Nazca culture were believed to bestow magical and spiritual powers upon the executioner, and warriors would claim the heads of their victims as war prizes. Size: 5.25" W x 4.8" H (13.3 cm x 12.2 cm)
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: ex-Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired prior to 2010
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#164241Repaired from a few large pieces, with light restoration along flared rim, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions to interior and exterior surfaces, and light fading to exterior pigment. Great preservation of abstract creatures and trophy heads. TL drill holes beneath base and along top of rim interior.Condition
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