Quimbaya Pottery Retablo Figure - Art for Eternity
Quimbaya Pottery Retablo Figure - Art for Eternity
Quimbaya Pottery Retablo Figure - Art for Eternity
Quimbaya Pottery Retablo Figure - Art for Eternity
Quimbaya Pottery Retablo Figure - Art for Eternity
Quimbaya Pottery Retablo Figure - Art for Eternity

Quimbaya Pottery Retablo Figure

16019

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Colombia, SA, Circa 800 to 1200 AD

An abstract figure in a style only produced in the New World by this particular culture which breaks the body down into geometric units.  The seated male figure with flat squarish slab formed body and rectangular head. The arms and legs are cylindrical curved  forms  protruding from the body. There are remains of applied pigments, incisings and piercings to the form. He holds his right hand in upward gesture.  This is a ceremonial item of high importance to the culture who produced it.

Size 12 inches H.  Compare Colombia Before Columbus, nos. 82 and 83.

Provenance: Ex private California collection; ex-private Orlando, Florida, USA collection

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