■ ƒ WARRIOR VERACRUZ, ANCIENT CLASSIC REMOJADAS,... Lot 54

 ■ ƒ WARRIOR VERACRUZ, ANCIENT CLASSIC REMOJADAS, APPROX. 250-450 AP. Height: 58.2 cm. (23 in.) $44000-54000 PROVENANCE Collection "Kahlúa", Mrs and Mr Jules Berman (1911-1998), Los Angeles, at the end of the 1950s George C. Collection. Alderman, Baltimore, acquired from the latter in the 1970s The Fiore Arts Collection, North America, acquired from the latter on January 30, 2011 EXHIBITIONS San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Jules Berman, Collection of Mexican Pre-Columbian Art, 1973 Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, loan, 2012 - 2019 BIBLIOGRAPHY Stern, J. et al, Jules Berman, Collection of Mexican Pre-Columbian Art, San Diego, 1973, No. 72 VERACRUZ WARRIOR Standing in an imperturbable pose on fattened feet, well-modeled hands placed on the hips wearing elaborate regalia consisting of a fanged loincloth, elaborately ornamented tunic covered with applied lappet ornaments, coiled and beaded rope decoration, closely-ftted, domed helmet attached fastened with a chin strap and prominent jewelry, the whole covered in shiny black chapapote (bitumen). For a similar example with naturalistic details see Von Winning, H., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America, New York, 1968, No. 245 center. REMOJADAS STYLE: A TRADITION IN THE CRADLE OF ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN CERAMIC ART Ceramic sculptures and vessels in the Remojadas style may be found throughout the southern Gulf Coast of Mexico, especially in the southern part of Veracruz state. The tropical forest there is less dense than in the thick jungle to the south and east, but this area is frmly within the humid tropical lowlands. While the art of this area is often overshadowed by the earlier Olmec who developed in the thick jungle just to the east, the southern Veracruz region produced some of the most stunning large ceramic sculpture in all of ancient Mesoamerica. Remojada