Double spout vessel, ca. 400 AD · Peru, Nazca · ID: 3039255
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)Size
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Description
fired clay, polychrome colours, painted with the grotesque face of a demon, his winged body provided with human legs and a long tail, a cut off head (trophee head) underneath, slightly dam., paint flaked off in parts
The object Double spout vessel, ca. 400 AD with the object ID 3039255 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 161 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.
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Comparing literature
Anders, Ferdinand, Peru durch die Jahrtausende, Recklinghausen 1984, p. 288, ill. 6.5