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Guanacaste-Nicoya Terracotta Trophy Head - PF.3228
Origin: Guanacaste, Nicoya, Costa Rica
Circa: 600
AD
to 1100
AD
Dimensions:
6.5" (16.5cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
£9,000.00
Location: UAE
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| Description |
There is a soft and gentle quality inherent in this
facial expression. The down-turned eyes and
thick eyelids may remind us of the pious saints
depicted in Italian Renaissance paintings. The
mouth is completely relaxed and down-turned,
as well. The entire composition of the face is
graced with an angelic quality integrated with a
compliant submissiveness. Perhaps the incised
decorations on both cheeks reveal the ideology
or god that this vessel has been created in
reverence for. There are geometric designs
encircling the opening, and the coiffure is shown
impeccably straight and well groomed at the
back of the head. The sun-drenched glaze still
reveals its glimmering surface in certain areas.
The handles on each side may have served as a
means to pour hot liquids from the vessel during
rituals. We are drawn again and again through
this sensitive composition, compelled to
pleasantly remember the golden moments of our
own angelic nature.
- (PF.3228)
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