Huge Rio Magdalena Pottery Burial Urn & Chimila Lid
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Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Rio Magdalena, ca. 800 to 1250 CE; Chimila culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery burial urn consisting of a substantial Rio Magdalena cylindrical body with a deep basin and a flared upper rim. Resting within the interior rim is a domed Chimila lid featuring an abstract female portrait with looped bangs and a thick septum ring in relief on one side. The rim of the body has 4 equidistant perforations for securing the lid to the top of the urn before depositing it in a grave. Size: 12.9" Diameter x 31.5" H (32.8 cm x 80 cm); 32.5" H (82.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, purchased in August 2022 (body) and November 2022 (lid); (body) Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA; ex-private Massachusetts, USA collection, acquired 1990s; (lid) ex-Freeman's / Hindman, Chicago, Illinois, USA; ex-Cano Galeria Cano, Bogota, Colombia, July 19, 1980
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#179603
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Rio Magdalena, ca. 800 to 1250 CE; Chimila culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery burial urn consisting of a substantial Rio Magdalena cylindrical body with a deep basin and a flared upper rim. Resting within the interior rim is a domed Chimila lid featuring an abstract female portrait with looped bangs and a thick septum ring in relief on one side. The rim of the body has 4 equidistant perforations for securing the lid to the top of the urn before depositing it in a grave. Size: 12.9" Diameter x 31.5" H (32.8 cm x 80 cm); 32.5" H (82.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, purchased in August 2022 (body) and November 2022 (lid); (body) Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA; ex-private Massachusetts, USA collection, acquired 1990s; (lid) ex-Freeman's / Hindman, Chicago, Illinois, USA; ex-Cano Galeria Cano, Bogota, Colombia, July 19, 1980
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#179603
Condition
Professional repair and restoration to lid, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines; urn body is intact and excellent. Lid and body are not original to one another, however both are ancient and of the age stated. Minor pitting and abrasions, with areas of fire-darkening on lid, and softening to some finer details on lid. Great preservation to overall form of body given the size.
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Huge Rio Magdalena Pottery Burial Urn & Chimila Lid
Estimate $1,200 - $1,800
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PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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