Lot: 92
77th tribal art auctionGrave urn
Peru, Chancay
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Howard Nowes, New York, USA | H: 18.1 inch | sold |
ca. 1100 to 1400 AD
light-beige fired clay, dark brown painting, of bulbous form, round bottom, the neck of the vessel provided with anthropomorphic facial features and ear adornments, partly modelled, partly painted, with both hands holding a small cup, rest. (missing parts and breakages at the rim), slight traces of abrasion
Paz, Octavio et. al., Ritual Arts of the New World, Geneve 2000, p. 353