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THBRare Michoacan Pottery Two Headed Pregnant Pretty Lady
Lot 123d
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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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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, ca. 550 to 100 BCE. A fabulous, hand-built pottery standing pretty lady figure with two heads. Displayed in a creamy white kaolin slip, this figure stands atop tubular legs just below a rotund abdomen indicative of pregnancy. The shared torso presents two attenuated arms, though each head is supported by its own respective neck. One head has lengthy locks of hair cascading down over her chest and covering her breasts, and the other boasts an elaborate necklace that hangs at a similar height. Each visage is comprised of prominent noses, parted mouths, puffy cheeks, incised diamond-shaped eyes, circular earspools detailed with red cinnabar, and broad foreheads, each embellished with a finely detailed headband. A rare figural typology with impressive and imaginative stylization! Size: 2.5" W x 3.5" H (6.4 cm x 8.9 cm); 3.8" H (9.7 cm) on included custom stand.
Two-headed figural pottery examples from the Michoacan culture are exceedingly rare compared to their single-headed counterparts. Some archaeologists have argued that these double-headed female examples represent some magical aspect of human nature - perhaps a shamanistic transformation of sorts - or metaphorical, such as the concept of duality in human behavior. However, other experts have posited convincing arguments that such examples actually depict a set of conjoined twins. The prevalence of two-headed female figures from this area and time period of Western Mexico could indicate an observable predisposition to conjoined twins amongst the Michoacan populace.
Provenance: ex Albert J. and Monique Grant collection, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the 1950s to 1960s, collection #1838
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#151291Surface wear commensurate with age, small chips to legs and one hand, fading to original pigmentation, and softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory labels adhered beneath display stand.Condition
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