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THBRare Cocle Ceramic Bowl with Anthropomorphic Figure
Lot 93d
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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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2019-04-04 10:00:00
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, 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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Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. An amazing ceramic bowl with a very rare anthropomorphic iconography in tondo. The exterior and low disc foot are an uniform, earthy dark red, while the interior features the same red coloring the figure at its center, with thick black outlines against a beige surface. The figure has a rounded head and long limbs, one of which is much longer than the others and snakes around the head to grip the edge of the bowl. The figure has round eyes with spirals inside them, a rectangular nose, and a small mouth. At the center of the creature is a rectangular motif of black and cream spirals, called "inner essence symbols". The dots around the edges of the figure represent feathers and/or sting ray spines. Who is this mysterious figure? Size: 7.75" W x 1.75" H (19.7 cm x 4.4 cm)
Cocle iconography remains a mystery to researchers, but we have a few clues. For example, we believe that anthropomorphic figures like this one represent shamans with shapeshifting powers. The "inner essence" symbol - two interlocking scrolls - is found in many zoomorphic and anthropomorphic Cocle motifs, and we believe that its placement in the center of the stomach represents the body cavity of the organism and the interior of the creature. A fascinating figure!
Provenance: ex-private Robert and Marianne Huber collection, New York and Illinois, USA, acquired in the 1960s to 1990s
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#145131Repaired from two pieces, with small areas of overpainting to the red, mainly around the repair line. Motifs are in excellent condition. Nice manganese deposits.Condition
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