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THBTeotihuacan Stone Head w/ Two Faces, ex-Stendahl
Lot 209
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and 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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan culture, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A curious head of a bulbous form, hand-carved from grey-brown stone, displaying two minimalist faces. The broad periphery displays the first face, a haunting guise defined by hollow eyes with bulging sockets, a triangular nasal bone, puffy lips perhaps indicative of being deceased, and a rounded coiffure offset above the left eye. An incised arch along the left side is suggestive of a retracted leg and further defines this 'face' as an abstracted anthropomorphic figure. The second face shown on one convex side exhibits shallow ovoid grooves that construct the eyes and mouth, a tapered jawline with rounded ears, and a wavy coiffure formed by the ridges and grooves of the first face. Traces of original red, orange, yellow, black, and white pigment are visible across both faces and suggest that the faces represent one or more deities. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 8.75" L x 4.25" W x 8.625" H (22.2 cm x 10.8 cm x 21.9 cm)
Teotihuacan was at one time the largest city in the Pre-Columbian world, famous for its pyramids (Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon) as well as the Great Compound with the Temple of Quetzalcoatl (aka Temple of the Plumed Serpent) punctuating the Avenue of the Dead. Stone carvings like this example are perhaps the best known works of Teotihuacan art. Examples like this head often exhibit idealized features and calm expressions rather than individual depictions, with simple lines used economically in order to create simple yet profound visages without an overuse of embellishing details.
Provenance: ex-Alfred Stendahl collection, owner of Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired before 1980
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#153729Chips to areas of both sides and peripheries, with softening to carved details, light encrustations, and extensive chipping and fading to original pigmentation, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice earthen deposits and faint remains of original pigment throughout.Condition
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