Zemanek-Münster

Burial urn

Peru, Chancay
sold EUR 850
Provenance
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Size
H: 36,5 cm
H: 14.4 inch

Description

light-beige fired clay, dark brown painting, round bodied corpus, the neck of the vessel provided with anthropomorphic facial features, partly modelled, partly painted, with both hands holding the small body of a child in front of the breast, painted band ornaments, the rim of the vessel dam., abrasion of paint in some areas, rep. (bottom), metal base


Comparing literature

Paz, Octavio et. al., Ritual Arts of the New World, Geneve 2000, p. 353

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