Panamanian Cocle Polychrome Pedestal Plate

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Jul 11, 2019

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• Lot Description
  Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Cocle, Joaquin style, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A fine hand-built pottery plate with a flared pedestal base, a wide rim, and a shallow basin. Vibrant red pigment adorns the underside of the vessel save for the foot, and the basin boasts a white ground. Within the basin is a characteristically abstract serpent - with two red feet, a sinuous black-and-white body, purple wings and tongue, and a red plumed crest - shown 'dancing' across the bowl. The liberal use of red, white, and black pigment is attributed to classic Cocle stylization, and the incorporation of purple hues attributes it to the Joaquin style of pottery. Size: 8.125" W x 2.5" H (20.6 cm x 6.4 cm).
  
  According to scholar Samuel Kirkland Lothrop, "The Gran Cocle culture is a Pre-Columbian archaeological culture that gets its name from the area from which it was based, the now present-day Cocle province of Panama. The Gran Cocle term applies to a loosely studied group of Native American sub-cultures in this region, identified by their pottery styles. The overall period spans a time from 150 B.C. to the end in the 16th century A.D. upon Spanish contact. The most ancient culture is the La Mula period from 150 B.C. to 300 A.D. The La Mula and later Monagrillo and Tonosí pottery styles are identified by their the use of three paint colors which were black, red and white (or cream). The later Cubitá style saw the emergence of the use of four colors. The styles of Conte, Macaracas and Joaquín added purple to their palette and this hue ranged from grayish tones to red purple. The use of purple disappeared in the subsequent styles of Parita and El Altillo and the paint style reverted back to the use of three colors. Most notable in the artistic renderings are the overt use of geometric designs." (For more information, see Armand Labbe, "Guardians of The Life Stream: Shamans, Art and Power in Prehispanic Central Panama" - Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, University of Washington Press, 1995.)
  
  Provenance: ex-Hilja K. Herfurth collection, Denver, Colorado, USA
  
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  Condition

  Repaired from approximately 4 large pieces, with light restoration, resurfacing, and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, foot, and underside, with light fading to areas of original pigmentation, and light encrustations beneath foot. Nice earthen deposits as well as traces of original pigmentation throughout.
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