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| Lot# & Name: |
004. Jalisco Ceramic Tripod Bowl on Double-Headed Dog Base |
| Estimate: |
$1,200-$1,800 |
| Current High Bid: |
$600.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$600.00 |
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| Category: |
Pre-Columbian Art
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| Sub Category: |
Mexico - West Coast and Classic Period Cultures
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| Culture or Country: |
Jalisco.
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| Period: |
Ca. 300 BCE to 300 A.D.
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| Size: |
7.7" W x 6.4" H x 7.1" D (19.6 cm W x 16.3 cm H x 18.0 cm D). |
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| Description: |
A wide-mouthed bowl carried by two canine heads bent toward each other, snouts nearly touching, as though the vessel above them is the subject of a whispered negotiation. Each head faces inward on the shared body beneath, blunt-muzzled and shallow-eyed in the characteristic Jalisco manner, their posture suggesting dialogue rather than vigilance. The tripod base resolves with quiet ingenuity: one front leg per animal and a single rear leg shared between them, three points of contact that hold the composition stable while the body above swells into a rounded pedestal and opens into a broad, flaring bowl. The exterior retains traces of red slip, and the rim is encircled by a continuous band of applied pellets, each pinched to a fine point, that rings the opening like a ritual crown. Professionally repaired with restoration over break lines; all done expertly and difficult to notice. Weathering and abrasions to surface as shown. Otherwise, excellent presentation with liberal remains of red slip. Scattered mineral deposits to surface.
The dog held indispensable cosmological office in ancient West Mexico. Hairless canines, forebears of the xoloitzcuintli, were charged with guiding the souls of the dead through the underworld, and their likenesses populate the shaft-tomb assemblages of Jalisco, Colima, and Nayarit in numbers that reflect genuine theological weight. Here, two animals share one body and turn their faces toward each other beneath a vessel likely intended for funerary offerings, perhaps the cup held between two guides at the threshold, the bowl suspended in the charged space where one world ends and another begins. That the two heads nearly touch but do not quite meet is perhaps the whole point: perpetually arriving at the crossing, never quite completing it.
*This lot will not be on view at the New York exhibition, and will ship from Colorado* |
| Provenance: |
Private Colorado, USA collection, ex collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$0.00 |
| International: |
$0.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Jalisco Ceramic Tripod Bowl on Double-Headed Dog Base
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