Grave urn ·  Peru, Chancay · ID: 3037165

Description

light-beige fired clay, dark brown painting, of bulbous form, round bottom, the neck of the vessel provided with anthropomorphic facial features and ear adornments, partly modelled, partly painted, with both hands holding a small cup, rest. (missing parts and breakages at the rim), slight traces of abrasion

The object Grave urn with the object ID 3037165 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 92 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

Paz, Octavio et. al., Ritual Arts of the New World, Geneve 2000, p. 353