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THBStriking Inca Silver Face Plaque w/ Cinnabar Mask
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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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LiveMar 9, 2023
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- Lot Description
**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A captivating plaque, shaped from a rectangular plaque of 85.2% to 95.23% silver, depicting a highly stylized anthropomorphic face in repousse. The semicircular countenance exhibits large, diamond-shaped eyes with generous eyelids, a protruding nose with a slightly crooked profile, deep nasolabial folds separating the cheeks from the mouth, and downturned lips. The cheeks, temples, nasal bridge, and forehead are accentuated with a thick layer of red cinnabar which has preserved a layer of textile material which was present at one time. Size (mask): 7.1" W x 6" H (18 cm x 15.2 cm); silver quality: 85.2% to 95.23%; (display case): 10.5" L x 13.5" W x 13.4" H (26.7 cm x 34.3 cm x 34 cm)
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Provenance: private Hawaii collection, purchased July 2, 2015; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Thomas M. Messer collection, former director of the Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, USA
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#177469Condition
Professional repaired and restored with extensive surface cleaning and polishing as well as resurfacing and light overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and roughness to original material and pigment, with light encrustations, slight bending to overall form, and thick patina in some uncleaned areas. Nice patina across face. Plaque has not been removed from display stand for weighing.
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