Zemanek-Münster

Double spout vessel, ca. 400 AD

Peru, Nazca
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


Comparing literature

Anders, Ferdinand, Peru durch die Jahrtausende, Recklinghausen 1984, p. 288, ill. 6.5

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