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THBOlmec Carved Bone Female Venus Idol - Incredibly Rare
Lot 130
About Seller
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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Jul 8, 2021
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Bidsquare : CLEARANCE | Ancient & Ethnographic Art
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Kick off summer with our clearance sale featuring discounted pricing and many new items at superb prices! Asian art, Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons & Enamelware, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, Fossils, more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Kick off summer with our clearance sale featuring discounted pricing and many new items at superb prices! Asian art, Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons & Enamelware, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, Fossils, more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
**Originally Listed At $2500**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A wonderful female figure, hand-carved from deer bone or that of another ungulate, standing nude with delineated legs and nubbin feet. Her arms are bent and held against her lightly-rounded torso, and rounded breasts trace upwards to rounded shoulders and a thick neck. Her roughly circular head boasts characteristic Olmec features such as slit-form eyes, a broad nose, a gaping mouth surrounded by puffy lips, and thin ears adorned with drilled hoop earrings, all beneath an incised brow line. The figure is covered in thick layers of cinnabar-hued pigment. Bone figures from ancient Mesoamerica are exceedingly scarce due to the decomposition of bone over time, so this is a fabulous example of extreme rarity! Size: 2" W x 5.1" H (5.1 cm x 13 cm).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Leo Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1950 to 2000
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.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most Antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
#143415Legs reattached with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Small chips to legs, arms, body, and head, with normal ossification commensurate with age, with wear to some raised areas, and fading to original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits and nice traces of original pigmentation throughout. Old inventory label taped to verso.Condition
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