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THBRare Maya Toltec Redware Vessel - Avian Figure
Lot 71
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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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Bidsquare : Animals in Art | Antiquity to Present Day
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From beloved pets to dedicated servants and vital livestock to symbolic imagery from many religions, animals frequently show up in the art of all cultures, ancient times to the present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
From beloved pets to dedicated servants and vital livestock to symbolic imagery from many religions, animals frequently show up in the art of all cultures, ancient times to the present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Central America, Guatemala, Soconusco region, Toltec civilization, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A unique handmade redware pottery pregnancy vessel in the form of an avianesque figure standing with both arms raised at her elbows and palms exposed, as though she is flapping them like wings. Displaying a bulbous pregnant belly that hangs out further than her feet, the odd figure wears a long feathered skirt that falls from her waist to the ground, as well as a feathered pectoral. An elaborate headdress featuring two outward pointing feathers capped with double horizontal bands and held in place by crossed strips sits atop the figure's head. Flanked by sizable earspools, her eccentric visage faces upwards presenting a pair of coffee-bean-shaped eyes with heavy lids, a beak-like nose, and an interestingly simious mouth held slightly open to display two front teeth. The vessel's tubular neck projects from the back of the figure and features a circular rim. Size: 4.625" L x 4.25" W x 6" H (11.7 cm x 10.8 cm x 15.2 cm)
This vessel served as a Mayan votive offering vessel, either for an individual who died during childbirth and needed the offering for success in the afterlife.
Provenance: private California, USA collection, acquired 1990s;ex-Kaplan collection
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#145753Repaired from several pieces. Sides of face restored from new material. Collection label on base and collection number on verso. Otherwise, intact and excellent with nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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