Choice and rare mythological vessel ·  Peru, southern coast, Paracas · ID: 3038646

Description

fired clay, polychrome painted (yellow ochre, red, blackish-brown), the inside decorated with the incised image of a skull-like face with snake-like extensions, interior and exterior walls with stylized geometric decor, rounded at the bottom, rep., fine cracks at the rim, slightly dam.

The object Choice and rare mythological vessel with the object ID 3038646 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 163 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.

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Comparing literature

Anders, Ferdinand, Peru durch die Jahrtausende, Recklinghausen 1984, p. 258, ill. 3.7