Quimbaya Pottery Seated Male Slab Figure
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**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca / Quimbaya culture, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery male slab figure with tubular arms and legs. The figure is seated upon a wide posterior with deep grooves delineating the upper and lower legs, and holds his arms neatly atop his thighs. The rectangular head boasts slit-form eyes and lips, a bulbous nose with a pierced septum meant to hold additional ornamentation, and several pierced holes lining the forehead and top. Slab figures like this example were placed with burial offerings in shaft and chamber tombs, perhaps as guardians or companions for the deceased. Size: 2.9" L x 5.3" W x 6.3" H (7.4 cm x 13.5 cm x 16 cm).
Provenance: ex-private Florida, USA collection; ex-Art for Eternity, New York, New York, USA
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#147065
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca / Quimbaya culture, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery male slab figure with tubular arms and legs. The figure is seated upon a wide posterior with deep grooves delineating the upper and lower legs, and holds his arms neatly atop his thighs. The rectangular head boasts slit-form eyes and lips, a bulbous nose with a pierced septum meant to hold additional ornamentation, and several pierced holes lining the forehead and top. Slab figures like this example were placed with burial offerings in shaft and chamber tombs, perhaps as guardians or companions for the deceased. Size: 2.9" L x 5.3" W x 6.3" H (7.4 cm x 13.5 cm x 16 cm).
Provenance: ex-private Florida, USA collection; ex-Art for Eternity, New York, New York, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#147065
Condition
Repair to nose with light resurfacing along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to limbs, base, body, and head, with fading to areas of original pigment, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Nice earthen deposits and great manganese blooms throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.
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Quimbaya Pottery Seated Male Slab Figure
Estimate $1,000 - $1,500
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