Lot 30
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Tembladera, ca. 600 to 400 BCE. A hand-built pottery vessel depicting a stout figure seated with bent knees and legs tucked up to the lower abdomen. Bent arms and delineated fingers are incised atop the chest while additional striations create the stylized facial features. Cinnabar pigment accentuates the arms and areas of the head and stirrup-shaped spout while yellow pigment adorns the face and areas around the head. Size: 4.9" L x 5.25" W x 9.9" H (12.4 cm x 13.3 cm x 25.1 cm)
The Chavin civilization is generally regarded as the Andean mother civilization - oftentimes compared to the Olmec of Mexico. Both the Chavin and the Olmec cultures created the earliest Pre-Columbian visual culture that continued to flourish until European contact in the 16th century. Using molds and modeling the forms by hand, the Chavin made numerous vessels like this example. Scholars have suggested that the indigenous used them to store fermented corn beer or "chicha."
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report is available to the buyer upon request.
Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010
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- Condition: Small chips to spout rim and nose, with light abrasions, fading to pigment commensurate with age, and light pitting in scattered areas, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to figural form and finer details with nice remains of pigment. TL drill holes beneath base and behind head.
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