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| Auction Closes At: |
11:06:01 03/08/2024 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
003. Olmec (Las Bocas) Gadrooned Tecomate |
| Estimate: |
$4,000-$6,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$1,300.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$1,300.00 |
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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: |
Las Bocas, Puebla.
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| Period: |
Early Pre-Classic Period: ca. 1200 - 900 B.C.
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| Size: |
3”H. x 3-3/4”W.
7.6 x 9.5 cm. |
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| Description: |
Creamware pottery vessel type called a tecomate, this bowl was shaped by hand into a gourd form using coils of clay and the surface was finished by burnishing. Actual gourds of similar shape have been used for everyday storage in Mesoamerican households since at least the second millennium B.C.; the word tecomate means gourd. By emulating such a quotidian object, the potter evoked the vessel's origin in natural forms while creating an object of greater value that indicated the elevated social status of its owner. Neutron activation testing has confirmed that the Olmec white and black ceramic wares from Tlatilco, Tlapacoya and Las Bocas were made by Olmec potters at San Lorenzo in Veracruz. This vessel has especially fine, thin walls and patches of orange fire clouding which sometimes occurs on the surfaces of vessels produced in open pit firings. Intact, exc. cond. (Note: estimate listed in catalog was in error). |
| Provenance: |
Private NYC. collection, acquired at Sotheby's NYC., Nov. 21, 1988 (lot 120), ex. Arthur N. Seiff, NYC, acquired prior to 1969. Active in the 1960’s and early 1970’s.
Exhibition History: Precolumbian Art in NYC - Selections from Private
Collections: The Museum of Primitive Art, NYC., September 12 - November 9, 1969.
Bibliography: Jones, Julie, Pre-Columbian Art in NYC.: Selections from Private Collections, The Museum of Primitive Art, NYC., 1969, fig. 18. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$50.00 |
| International: |
$100.00 (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 (Las Bocas) Gadrooned Tecomate
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BIDDER |
BID |
QTY |
Original Bid Time |
| 1. |
You're it! |
$1,300.00 |
1 |
3/8/2024 10:56:58 AM |
| 2. |
Luvthisstuff |
$1,250.00 |
1 |
3/8/2024 10:55:26 AM |
| 3. |
You're it! |
$1,200.00 |
1 |
3/8/2024 10:55:04 AM |
| 4. |
Luvthisstuff |
$1,100.00 |
1 |
3/8/2024 10:54:10 AM |
| 5. |
You're it! |
$1,000.00 |
1 |
3/8/2024 10:53:26 AM |
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