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THBTall Quimbaya Pottery Seated Male Slab Figure
Lot 198b
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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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Oct 31, 2019
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2019-10-31 10:00:00
2019-10-31 10:00:00
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Our Halloween Day auction features classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Our Halloween Day auction features classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca / Quimbaya culture, ca. 11th to 12th century CE. A hand-built pottery male slab figure with tubular arms and legs. The nude figure is seated upon a wide posterior, displays shallow grooves around the knees and biceps, holds one bent arm to his hip, and extends the other arm outward in an almost explanatory gesture. The rectangular head features slit-form eyes, a prominent nose with a pierced septum that perhaps held additional ornamentation at one time, a thin mouth, and six pierced holes lining the forehead. Slab figures like this example were placed with burial offerings in shaft and chamber tombs, perhaps as guardians or companions for the deceased. Size: 10.375" W x 11.7" H (26.4 cm x 29.7 cm).
For a stylistically similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1976.412.1.
Provenance: private Howard Rose Gallery, New York, New York, USA; ex-Stephen and Claudia Munoz-Kramer collection, acquired in the 1970s; ex-Tom Francis collection, Gainesville, Georgia, USA, acquired via family descent, collection #AA135
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#150123Both arms and both legs reattached to body, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Abrasions to limbs, body, and head, with light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory labels beneath both feet.Condition
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