Zemanek-Münster
Bottle-shaped vessel
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Lot 105
76th tribal art auction

Bottle-shaped vessel

Peru, Moche
sold EUR 650
Provenance
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch

Description

fired clay, black coating, in form of a human face with smiling mouth, ear ornament and bonnet-like headgear, minor missing parts, traces of abrasion

Comparing literature

Anders, Ferdinand, Peru durch die Jahrtausende, Recklinghausen 1984, p. 311, ill. 7.18 Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Keramik aus Schwarz-Afrika und Alt-Amerika, Zürich 1985, p. 300
America Pre-columbian

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