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HUGE Veracruz Male Dancer browse these categories for related items... All Items: Pre-Columbian: Mexico: Pre AD 1000: item #870544 Please refer to our stock #SOW11666 when inquiring.
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From the Gulf coast of Mexico, ca. 900 to 1100 A.D. A very large and impressive standing figure of an obviously male dancer; of hollow, buff terracotta with remains of black bitumen decoration. Stylized figure stands nude with open mouth, wearing earrings, protruding flange to one side of body, round cuffs at shoulders and draping across the torso. Museum-quality custom mount. 27"H x 13-1/2"W, repaired from about a half dozen large pieces, affecting center, arm, neck (no restoration, all original material) plus some resurfacing, else choice. Vera Cruz artists of the Classic Period excelled in the creation of free-standing ceramic figures in a great variety of forms and sizes to depict mythological scenes, daily activities, deities, and religious figures. Monumental sculptures such as this priestess are the largest ceramic figures known from pre-Columbian America. They are hollow and designed with various openings to allow the heated air to escape so that they would not explode as they were fired. It was also necessary to reinforce them structurally so that they would not collapse under the weight of certain elements before the clay had hardened. Because no ancient Vera Cruz kilns have been found, it is thought that such sculptures were fired in open pits. PROVENANCE: Ex-private Santa Fe, New Mexico Collection. Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee |
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