Cup, ca. 400 AD · Peru, Nazca · ID: 3039256
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Provenance
German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)Size
H: 8,5 cm
D: 12,5 cm
H: 3.3 inch
D: 4.9 inch
Description
fired clay, polychrome paint, of broad form with a projecting rim, two opposing mask-like faces (cat demon?), flanked by geometrical forms and stylized heads, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion
The object Cup, ca. 400 AD with the object ID 3039256 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 163.
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Comparing literature
Wieczorek, Alfried (Hg.), An die Mächte der Natur, Mainz 2002, p. 146, ill. 7.1