PANAMA, SITIO CONTE, ENV. 500-800 APRÈS J.C.

Details

BOL SUR PIED
Panama, Sitio Conte, env. 500-800 après J.C.
Large bol à panse enflée reposant sur un haut pied en terre cuite brune à engobe brun-rouge. Les anses du bol représentent deux joueurs de flûte aux bras stylisés se prolongeant par une ligne anguleuse au-dessus de la tête et décorée de motifs géométriques incisés comportant des incrustations de colorant blanc.
Hauteur: 27 cm

Provenance

Collection Thomas

Literature

Armand J. Labbé, Guardians of the Lifestream, Shamans, Art and Power in Prehispanic Central Panama, The Bowers Museum, California, 1995, fig. 46

Exhibited

Santa Ana, Californie, The Bowers Museum, Guardians of the Lifestream, Shamans, Art and Power in Prehispanic Central Panama, 1995

Post Lot Text

PANAMANIAN BROWNWARE PEDESTAL BOWL, CONTE STYLE
CA. A.D. 500-800
On flaring pedestal foot with sharply carinated bowl distinguished by the stylized janiform flute players, each musician in a trance-like state, chin jutting forward, stylized arms holding the flute to the mouth, the shoulders curving into the headdress framing the top of the head; the burnished surface in deep chocolate-reddish brown.
Such Panamanian ceramics are closely affiliated with both the Smoked ware ceramics of Sitio Conte and the Tairona of nearby Colombia.