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THBOlmec Pottery Baby w/ TL Report
Lot 1
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Artemis Gallery
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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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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, south-central Mexico and Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 1000 to 200 BCE. A hollow pottery seated Olmec Baby figure, posed with legs akimbo and arms raised. The figure has a paunchy body and chubby cheeks. The figure's mouth is open, with wide, fleshy lips, as if yelling; the eyes are large and almond-shaped, with heavy lids and the irises formed by pressing dots into each eye. The head is simply-rendered, with twin holes drilled through each ear, perhaps once containing rings, feathers, or some other decoration. The figure has a large head of hair with the remains of red pigment Size: 5.85" W x 7.5" H (14.9 cm x 19 cm)
The Olmec are famous for their human depictions; as the first major civilization in this fertile area, their artwork inspired the civilizations that came after them to the point that we think some of them even revered Olmec artwork and kept it as heirlooms. Figures of this style are known as "Olmec babies", with plump bodies and chubby, pouty facial features. Infants are a recurring theme from Olmec art, and this one would likely have once been fully white-slipped to match other known examples. The shape of their heads - like this one - have been attributed to deliberate skull shaping.
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: private Pasadena, California, USA collection
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#141288Arms and head are reattached. Overpaint along repair lines. Nice remaining pigment on surface.Condition
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