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THBOlmec Las Bocas Blackware Pottery Duck Vessel
Lot 103d
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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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Dec 6, 2018
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2018-12-06 10:00:00
2018-12-06 10:00:00
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Day 2 of an important 2-dy auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-dy auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Las Bocas, Olmec, ca. 800 BCE to 300 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a round-bodied duck. The duck sits hunched down on its small feet, which poke out from the front of the vessel, as if peeking out from underneath downy feathers. The duck's head is drawn down into its body, with large eyes with round, emphasized pupils and a long, slightly open beak. The wings rest against the sides of the body, decorated with incised detail to give the appearance of ruffled feathers that contrasts with the otherwise smooth body of the vessel. Size: 8.2" W x 6.45" H (20.8 cm x 16.4 cm)
Las Bocas-style Olmec figures are named after an archaeological site in the modern Mexican state of Puebla, although most of the figures are from the surrounding area and not from the site itself. The style has come to be associated with the classic Olmec "baby face" figures. Ducks seem to have been particularly special to the Olmec, and often feature in their ceramic artwork, perhaps because they are animals who are comfortable on land, in the air, and in water - thus able to traverse the major worlds in Mesoamerican cosmogony.
See a very similar example at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/313/
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#140816Repaired from multiple pieces. Repairs are very well done and difficult to see, with the most obvious being underneath the bill. Very small lines of overpaint along the repairs. Surface wear commensurate with age.Condition
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