Figural stirup spout vessel, ca. 900 - 1100 AD · Peru, Chimu · ID: 3039253
sold
EUR 550
Provenance
German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)Size
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch
Description
fired clay, black engobe, decorated with the depiction of a dignitary in splendid regalia, flanked by two smaller assistant figures, a further figure modelled on the handle, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
Pimentel, Victor (ed.), Peru, Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, Montreal 2012, p. 97