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| Lot# & Name: |
041. Olmec Throne with Incised Designs |
| Estimate: |
$15,000-$20,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$7,025.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$7,025.00 |
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| Category: |
Pre-Columbian Art
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| Sub Category: |
Mexico - Olmec and Pre-Classic Cultures
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| Culture or Country: |
Guerrero.
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| Period: |
Ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
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| Size: |
8-1/4” x 3-1/2”. |
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| Description: |
Carved gray-green steatite metate is identified by it’s symbolic incisions as a throne. The slightly concave surface is incised with a profile of a supernatural, with a protruding forehead, overhanging upper lip, and deeply carved eye, emerging from a knuckleduster. The four legs are each incised with a variation of the four root symbol. The motif here is comprised of a half circle enclosing a dot over a vertical line. The sides of the throne are lightly incised with identical designs; at the right end is a four-dots-and-bar motif, and at the left end a cleft, possibly with eyes. Below the cleft are trident elements. The dot and bar pattern may indicate that the legs of this throne are the four dots and the throne itself is the bar. Throne and metate are equated in this object, conflating imagery of rulership with an object fundamental to daily lives of ancient Mesoamericans. Overall excellent ancient surface patina, with some remaining traces of reddish-brown pigment. A very minor ancient flake on the lower right upper corner edge, otherwise intact, exc. cond. A very rare and important example. |
| Provenance: |
John Stokes Jr. collection, acquired August 1972 from Eddie Avila Ortiz. Published: “The Olmec World - Ritual and Rulership, p. 307, #224.
Exhibited: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 12/16/95 to 2/25/96.
Exhibited: The Museum of Arts, Houston, TX., 4/14/96 to 6/9/96. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$65.00 |
| International: |
$125.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Olmec Throne with Incised Designs
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BIDDER |
BID |
QTY |
Original Bid Time |
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Sky |
$7,025.00 |
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3/3/2023 12:06:53 PM |
| 2. |
Malcolm |
$7,000.00 |
1 |
3/3/2023 12:05:45 PM |
| 3. |
Sky |
$6,900.00 |
1 |
3/3/2023 12:03:10 PM |
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Malcolm |
$6,875.00 |
1 |
3/3/2023 12:01:23 PM |
| 5. |
Sky |
$6,825.00 |
1 |
3/3/2023 11:59:52 AM |
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