Lot 25
** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this artwork will be donated to the Anthony Quinn Foundation, whose mission is to advocate for the important role arts education plays in personal development and in the overall improvement of social, economic and cultural systems. Learn more at aqfoundation.org **
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Lower Magdalena River Region, Moskito, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. This is a large pottery lid finial, shaped as an anthropomorphic head to fit atop an urn, which includes a broad, trapezoidal forward-facing visage and pinched features. His angular head presents with a serene, perhaps sleeping or trance-like expression - bearing squinting eyes, a curved nose with septum piercing, a closed mouth, and pierced ears - presumably for the suspension of decorative ornaments. Urns were used for secondary burial of important individuals' long bones, after years of primary burial after their bones had been de-fleshed. They would excavate the bones, and place the long bones in the urn, covered by these figural lids that are thought to represent the deceased. The head is hollow, with a circular vent opening at the base of the neck, where this watchful finial once attached to the of the rest domed lid. Size: 9.125" W x 7.375" H (23.2 cm x 18.7 cm)
Provenance: ex-private collection of actor Anthony Quinn and his wife Katherine, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA acquired prior to 2000
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#169127
- Condition: Repair to top of head on proper right side, with resurfacing and light overpainting along break lines. Losses to bottom rim portions around neckline. Nicks, chips, and abrasions to face, peripheries, and neckline as shown, with encrustations in scattered areas, several stable hairline fissures, and a few small spalls. Nice preservation to facial features. Old inventory label written in black ink atop white pigment beneath base.
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